Cutting machine for resizing raw implants during surgery

US10603175B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Farshid Alambeigi · Baltimore, US
• Shahriar Sefati · San Francisco, US
• Ryan J. Murphy · Midland, US
• Mehran Armand · Scaggsville, US
• Chad Gordon · Timonium, US
• Shuya Liu · Baltimore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B33Y80/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided is a method for forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device. The method includes accessing a first computer-readable reconstruction of a being's anatomy; accessing a second computer-readable reconstruction of an implant; accessing a third computer-readable reconstruction comprising the first computer-readable reconstruction superimposed with the second computer readable reconstruction; generating at least one computer-readable trace from a point cloud; and forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device, wherein the autonomous manufacturing device forms the implant into a shape defined by at least one dimension of the computer-readable trace.