CUSTOMIZED PATIENT-SPECIFIC BONE CUTTING BLOCKS

摘要

A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for a vendor to create a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument for a patient of a healthcare facility that is external to the vendor, comprising:
receiving, from the healthcare facility external to the vendor, an instrument request that includes data relevant to a bone of the patient, creating, in response to receiving the instrument request, a surgical design plan that has been customized for the patient per data of the instrument request, the surgical design plan comprising a preoperatively planned size of at least one bone chip produced as a result of a surgical resection of the bone of the patient consistent with the surgical design plan, operating a manufacturing machine located at the vendor to fabricate the customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument per data of the surgical design plan, and applying indicia on an outer surface of the customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument indicative of the preoperatively planned size of at least one bone chip produced as a result of a surgical resection of the bone of the patient consistent with the surgical design plan.