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MARKING TEMPLATE FOR INSTALLING A CUSTOM REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR RESURFACING A FEMUR AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION METHOD

  • US 20140194998A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Published: 07/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • a. receiving a surgical instrument manufactured using pre-operative data, thereby configuring the surgical instrument based on the pre-operative data to mount to a particular patient'"'"'s distal-anterior portion of a femur in a pre-defined spatial arrangement, the surgical instrument further comprising a three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry and a surgical tool guide, such that the surgical tool guide is in a pre-defined spatial arrangement relative to the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry;

    b. placing the surgical instrument on the distal-anterior portion of the particular patient'"'"'s femur; and

    c. using the surgical tool guide to guide a tool.

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