Automated Systems for manufacturing patient-specific orthopedic implants and instrumentation

摘要

Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the automated design and manufacture of patient-specific/patient-matched orthopedic implants. While the embodiments described herein specifically pertain to unicompartmental resurfacing implants for the knee, the principles described are applicable to other types of knee implants (including, without limitation, other resurfacing implants and joint replacement implants) as well as implants for other joints and other patient-specific orthopedic applications.

主权项

1. A method of designing a patient-specific implant using a computer system for repairing a diseased or damaged knee joint of a patient, comprising:
obtaining image data of at least a portion of the patient's knee joint including a femoral condyle; creating a virtual model of at least a portion of the femoral condyle from the image data; processing the virtual model to design a patient-specific implant based at least in part on the virtual model, wherein the patient-specific implant includes one or more planar bone-facing portions, and wherein at least a portion of the femoral condyle portion of the implant is adapted based on a dimension of the femoral condyle.