Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tangential fit of patient-specific guides
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Application No.: US15784644Application Date: 2017-10-16
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Publication No.: US10426491B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Ryan John Schoenefeld , Troy W. Hershberger , Thomas J. Mauch
- Applicant: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/56 ; A61B34/10

Abstract:
A bone preparation guide including a first patient-specific portion based on image data of a specific patient's bone and configured to match the patient's specific bone surface. A second patient-specific portion is based on image data of the specific patient's bone and configured to match the patient's specific bone surface. A patient-generic portion is configured to be a bone-facing portion supported by the first and the second patient-specific bone contacting members at a portion of the patient's bone surface not imaged during preparation of a preoperative plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180036013A1 TANGENTIAL FIT OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC GUIDES Public/Granted day:2018-02-08
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