Technique for generating a bone plate design

US11717349B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker European Operations Limited · IE

Inventors

• Jens Rueber · Glückstadt, DE
• Reinhard Koehler · Freiburg (Elbe), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2219/2021
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented technique for generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design is presented. A method implementation of this technique comprises visualizing, based on shape data of a bone, a bone model on a display device, deriving, responsive to a user interaction signal that is indicative of a user interaction relative to the bone model, plate design data representative of a plate-specific design property, and generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design from at least the plate design data and one or more generic plate parameters.