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Ethnic-specific orthopaedic implants and custom cutting jigs

  • US 9,078,755 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2011
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of designing and fabricating an orthopedic implant, the method comprising:

  • evaluating images of distal femurs of a particular ethnicity to extract common shape features exhibited across an ethnicity that are unique to the ethnicity to create an ethnic specific template;

    designing a distal femoral component comprising a first condyle surface using the ethnic specific template; and

    ,fabricating a distal femoral component embodying the first condyle surface.

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