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Marking template for installing a custom replacement device for resurfacing a femur and associated installation method

  • US 8,936,602 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Issued: 01/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • a. receiving a surgical instrument further comprising a surgical tool guide, said surgical instrument being a custom surgical instrument for a particular patient manufactured using pre-operative data, wherein the pre-operative data is based on a three dimensional geometry of a distal portion of a femur and a pre-operatively planned spatial arrangement of the surgical tool guide relative to the distal portion, the surgical instrument based on the pre-operative data to mount to the particular patient'"'"'s distal portion of the femur in a pre-defined spatial arrangement, the surgical instrument further comprising a three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry, wherein 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 portion of the particular patient'"'"'s femur; and

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

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