Method and Apparatus for Use in the Production of a Surgical Guide

摘要

A method of producing a modification plan for producing a surgical guide from an impression element includes: obtaining surface data representing a configuration of a surface of an impression element providing an impression of a surgical site; obtaining image data of a patient's anatomy; obtaining surgical plan data providing a surgical plan with respect to features in the image data representing anatomical features of the patient's anatomy; registering the impression element using the surface data and the image data with anatomical features of the patient's anatomy; and producing a modification plan from the surgical plan data using the registration of the impression element with anatomical features of the patient's anatomy, the modification plan being a plan for modifying the impression element.

主权项

1. A method of producing a modification plan for producing a surgical guide comprising:
(a) obtaining a surface datum representing a configuration of a surface of an impression element providing an impression of a surgical site; (b) obtaining an image datum of a patient's anatomy; (c) obtaining surgical plan datum providing a surgical plan with respect to features in said image datum representing an anatomical feature of said patient's anatomy; (d) registering said impression element using said surface datum and said image data with said anatomical features of said patient's anatomy; (e) producing said modification plan from said surgical plan datum using the registration of said impression element with said anatomical feature, wherein said modification plan includes modifying said impression element for producing said surgical guide.