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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

  • US 20090088674A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2007
  • Published: 04/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for designing a patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument to be used on a knee of a patient, the method comprising:

  • coupling a knee sleeve to a leg of the patient, the knee sleeve including (i) a first sensor coupled to a superior half of the knee sleeve and generating first data indicative of the position of the first sensor and (ii) a second sensor coupled to an inferior half of the knee sleeve and generating second data indicative of the position of the second sensor;

    determining angulation data based on the first data indicative of the angulation of the knee of the patient based on the first data and the second data;

    generating a medical image of the knee of the patient; and

    determining a design of a patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument based on the medical image and the angulation data.

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