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Method and device for preparing an implant from an implant material

  • US 20080304725A1
  • Filed: 05/30/2008
  • Published: 12/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for preparing an implant from an implant material, said implant serving to fill a defect in a human or animal body, wherein a defect image of the defect having a defect contour is made available, a first calibration member arranged in or adjacent to the defect being displayed in said image, wherein a second calibration member is arranged on or adjacent to the implant material to be processed, said second calibration member corresponding to the first calibration member, wherein a real-time image of the implant material is taken and displayed in real time on a display device, wherein the defect image made available is displayed on the display device and superimposed on the real-time image in such a manner that the first and the second calibration members are displayed one on top of the other in the same shape and size and wherein a processing tool is displayed in the real-time image on the display device and moved over the implant material in such a manner that it follows the defect contour displayed in the defect image on the display device.

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