Deformable articulating templates
First Claim
1. A method for generating a patient-specific prosthetic implant, the method comprising:
- generating, using one or more processors and from a medical image of a human anatomical feature, a three-dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature including size and surface-curvature features matching the human anatomical feature, the surface-curvature features including one or more radii of curvature on an outer camming surface of the human anatomical feature;
selecting, using the one or more processors, a virtual implant template from a database of virtual implant templates;
designing, using the one or more processors and based on the selected virtual implant template, a patient-specific prosthetic implant to imitate the size and surface-curvature features of the three-dimensional electronic representation; and
testing virtually, using the one or more processors, fit of the patient-specific prosthetic implant using the three-dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature.
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Abstract
A method for generating a patient-specific prosthetic implant is disclosed which includes generating, using one or more processors from a medical image of a human anatomical feature, a three dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature including size and surface curvature features matching the human anatomical feature, the surface curvature features including one or more radii of curvature on an outer camming surface of the human anatomical feature. A prosthetic implant template is selected, using the one or more processors, from a database of prosthetic implant templates, and the custom implant is virtually designed to imitate the size and surface curvature features of the three dimensional electronic representation based on the selected prosthetic implant template. Fit of the custom implant is tested, virtually using the one or more processors, using the three dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for generating a patient-specific prosthetic implant, the method comprising:
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generating, using one or more processors and from a medical image of a human anatomical feature, a three-dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature including size and surface-curvature features matching the human anatomical feature, the surface-curvature features including one or more radii of curvature on an outer camming surface of the human anatomical feature; selecting, using the one or more processors, a virtual implant template from a database of virtual implant templates; designing, using the one or more processors and based on the selected virtual implant template, a patient-specific prosthetic implant to imitate the size and surface-curvature features of the three-dimensional electronic representation; and testing virtually, using the one or more processors, fit of the patient-specific prosthetic implant using the three-dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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