Automated systems for manufacturing patient-specific orthopedic implants and instrumentation
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1. A method of designing a patient-specific implant using a computer system, comprising:
- obtaining image data of a knee joint of a patient including a femoral condyle;
creating a virtual model of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s femoral condyle from the image data; and
processing the virtual model to design a patient-specific implant based at least in part on the virtual model, wherein the patient-specific implant includes one or more planar bone-facing portions, and wherein at least a portion of a sagittal curvature of the femoral condyle portion of the implant is adapted based on the sagittal curvature of the patient'"'"'s femoral condyle.
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Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the automated design and manufacture of patient-specific/patient-matched orthopedic implants. While the embodiments described herein specifically pertain to unicompartmental resurfacing implants for the knee, the principles described are applicable to other types of knee implants (including, without limitation, other resurfacing implants and joint replacement implants) as well as implants for other joints and other patient-specific orthopedic applications.
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1. A method of designing a patient-specific implant using a computer system, comprising:
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obtaining image data of a knee joint of a patient including a femoral condyle; creating a virtual model of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s femoral condyle from the image data; and processing the virtual model to design a patient-specific implant based at least in part on the virtual model, wherein the patient-specific implant includes one or more planar bone-facing portions, and wherein at least a portion of a sagittal curvature of the femoral condyle portion of the implant is adapted based on the sagittal curvature of the patient'"'"'s femoral condyle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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