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Joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools

  • US 8,561,278 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2012
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical tool for use in surgically repairing a diseased or damaged joint of a patient, comprising:

  • designing a patient-specific surface that substantially conforms to at least a portion of an articular cartilage surface of the joint, wherein the patient-specific surface is derived from information regarding articular cartilage of the joint and is further derived from information regarding subchondral bone of the joint; and

    orienting a guide to define a cutting or drilling path having a predetermined position and orientation relative to the patient-specific surface and extending through at least a portion of the tissue of the joint when the patient-specific surface is aligned with and placed against the corresponding portion of the articular cartilage surface of the joint.

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