DEFORMABLE ARTICULATING TEMPLATES

摘要

A method of designing a prosthetic implant. Exemplary methods may include developing a three-dimensional model of an anatomic feature from one or more two-dimensional images. The three-dimensional model may include a plurality of radii of curvature representing the shape of respective portions of a contact surface. In some exemplary embodiments, three-dimensional models associated with a large number members of a population may be utilized to create templates for prosthetic implants. A three-dimensional model of an anatomic feature of a patient may be compared to the available templates, and a suitable template may be tested by virtually implanting the template on the three-dimensional model of the patient's anatomical feature. In some embodiments, a patient's three-dimensional model for which a suitable pre-made template is not available may be used to customize a pre-made template to design a suitable implant.

主权项

1. A method of generating a series of prosthetic implant templates, comprising:
generating a plurality of electronic three dimensional models representing the same human anatomical feature across a population of humans; grouping the plurality of models in a database; associating at least one of age, race, and gender with each of the plurality of models in the database; and designing a plurality of orthopaedic implant templates, where each of the plurality of orthopaedic implant templates is generic to at least a portion of the population of humans for which three dimensional models were generated.