IMPLANT DESIGN ANALYSIS SUITE

摘要

A method for anatomical analysis and joint implant design. Embodiments provide users with the ability to anatomically analyze a single bone or a series of bones that exist in a database, evaluate surgical landmarks and axes, identify differences among specific characteristics of a given population, and modify existing implants or create new implant designs based on anatomical analyses.

主权项

1. A method to locate and measure surgically relevant anatomic features and propagate these measurements to different populations using a programmable data processing system, comprising the steps of:
(a) using a data input device to provide a programmable data processing system with a base template bone data set and a match bone data set, the base template bone data set and the match bone data set each comprising an image generated by a medical imager; (b) storing the base template bone data set and the match the bone data set in a database; (c) establishing a correlation between the at least one surgically relevant anatomic features and/or landmark from the base template bone data set with a corresponding surgically relevant anatomic features and/or landmark from the match bone data set; and (d) propagating the at least one surgically relevant anatomic features and/or landmark from the base template bone data set across a bone data population using a statistical atlas.