Apparatus and Method for Fabricating a Customized Patient-Specific Orthopaedic Instrument
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1. A method for a vendor to create a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument for a patient of a healthcare facility that is external to the vendor, comprising:
- receiving, from the healthcare facility external to the vendor, an instrument request that includes data relevant to the patient,creating, in response to receiving the instrument request, a design plan that has been customized for the patient per data of the instrument request,sending the design plan to the healthcare facility, andoperating a milling machine located at the healthcare facility to fabricate the customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument per data of the design plan.
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A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are also disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
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1. A method for a vendor to create a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument for a patient of a healthcare facility that is external to the vendor, comprising:
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receiving, from the healthcare facility external to the vendor, an instrument request that includes data relevant to the patient, creating, in response to receiving the instrument request, a design plan that has been customized for the patient per data of the instrument request, sending the design plan to the healthcare facility, and operating a milling machine located at the healthcare facility to fabricate the customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument per data of the design plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for creating a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument for a patient of a healthcare facility, comprising:
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a client to generate an instrument request that includes data relevant to the patient, a design plan system to receive the instrument request and to generate a design plan that has been customized based upon the data of the instrument request, the design plan system being located at a vendor, and a milling machine located at the healthcare facility which is external to the vendor, the milling machine being operable to fabricate the customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument per data of the design plan generated by the design plan system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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