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Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment

  • US 7,881,768 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2007
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of designing a patient-specific implant for treating an articular surface of a joint of a patient, the method comprising:

  • using a computer to obtain electronic patient-specific image data of dimensions of at least a portion of the articular surface of said joint of said patient;

    deriving from said electronic patient-specific image data a patient-specific model of at least a portion of the articular surface of said joint; and

    designing a patient-specific implant configured to replace at least a portion of said articular surface of said joint based on said patient-specific model of the at least a portion of the articular surface;

    wherein said implant provides the articular surface derived at least in part from the dimensions of the at least a portion of the articular surface of the joint.

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