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Customized patient-specific computer controlled cutting system and method

US8617170B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Alan Ashby · Maidenhead, GB
Said T. Gomaa · Fort Wayne, US
Gordon Dodds · Straubing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2010
Grant date	Dec 31, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2034/108
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical system including a first surgical block, a second surgical block, and a computer-controlled milling machine. The first surgical block includes a first bone-facing surface having a first customized patient-specific negative contour to receive a first corresponding contour of a bone of a patient and a first mounting surface. The second surgical block includes a second bone-facing surface having a second customized patient-specific negative contour to receive a second corresponding contour of the bone of the patient and a second mounting surface to be separately mated with the first mounting surface. The computer-controlled milling machine includes a third mounting surface to be separately mated with the first mounting surface of the first surgical block.

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