ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS
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Abstract
A method for making an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising: characterizing at least a portion of a bone corresponding to the bone to be replaced, said corresponding bone being on the contralateral side of the patient; providing a model of the orthopaedic implant based on a mirror image of the contralateral bone; and forming the orthopaedic implant based on the model.
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1-64. -64. (canceled)
- 65. An implant for replacing a bone in a wrist, hand, ankle or foot of a patient, said implant having a body which is sized and shaped to anatomically replicate the bone being replaced and which is based on a mirror image of a corresponding bone on a contralateral side of the patient.
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72. A method for making an implant for replacing a bone in a wrist, hand, ankle or foot of a patient, the method comprising:
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characterizing at least a portion of a bone corresponding to the bone to be replaced, said corresponding bone being on the contralateral side of the patient; providing a three-dimensional digital model of the implant based on a mirror image of the contralateral bone; and forming the implant based on the three-dimensional digital model. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A device for preparing a bone in a wrist hand, ankle or foot of a patient prior to resurfacing the bone;
- the device comprising a first face arranged to abut a distal end of the bone, and a second face arranged to abut a side of the distal end of the bone, the first face comprising a first slot extending to the second face to define a first cutting edge, and the second face comprising a second slot extending across the second face to intersect the first slot to define a second cutting edge.
- View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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