Producing a three dimensional model of an implant
US8781557B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/911
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Determining a shape of a medical device to be implanted into a subject produces an image including a defective portion and a non-defective portion of a surface of a tissue of interest included in the subject. The tissue of interest is segmented within the image. A template, representing a normative shape of an external anatomical surface of the tissue of interest, is superimposed to span the defective portion. An external shape of an implant, is determined as a function of respective shapes of the defective portion as seen in the template, for repairing the defective portion.
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