ORTHOPEDIC BONE FIXATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

The orthopedic systems are patient-specific and provided with two types of features for positioning and/or fixing the plate to the bone or bone fragments. A method for generating bone plates comprises: generating a model of the bone defect or envisaged osteotomy based on one or more images of the bone and the surgical plan; designing based on said model a model corresponding to the envisioned repair of said bone defect/envisaged result of the osteotomy; generating a bone plate based on the information above, comprising: one or more patient-specific features corresponding to the surface of a bone fragment in the area close to the defect; and one or more fixation features whose position and/or orientation is such that the fixation elements will enter the bone in areas suitable for fixing the bone plate to each bone fragment.

主权项

1. A bone plate for use in orthopedic surgery, comprising:
a support structure; one or more patient-specific features configured to be positioned on a bone; one or more fixation features configured to fix the bone plate onto the bone; and one or more positioning elements configured to position the bone plate onto the bone.