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

  • US 8,961,529 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument, the method comprising:

  • receiving pre-operative data related to a particular patient defining at least a portion of a three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry of a surgical instrument, the surgical instrument including a surgical tool guide,wherein the received pre-operative data is based on three-dimensional geometry of a distal-anterior portion of a femur and a pre-operatively planned spatial arrangement of the surgical tool guide relative to the distal-anterior portion; and

    manufacturing the surgical instrument using the received pre-operative data, thereby configuring the surgical instrument based on the received pre-operative data to mount to the particular patient'"'"'s femur in a pre-defined spatial arrangement, wherein manufacturing the surgical instrument includes manufacturing the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry and the surgical tool guide, such that the surgical tool guide is in a pre-defined spatial arrangement relative to the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry.

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