Patient-matched instruments

US9386994B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · US

Inventors

• Aashiish Agnihotri · Memphis, US
• Patrick Brian Conway · Memphis, US
• David L. Evans · Bartlett, US
• Luke Andrew Gibson · Southaven, US
• Jennifer Allyn Griffin · Memphis, US
• Michael Dean Hughes · Memphis, US
• David Timothy Mehl · Memphis, US
• Abraham Biglari Salehi · Bartlett, US
• Jeffrey A. Sharp · Salt Lake City, US
• Maroun H. Tarsha · Memphis, US
• Andrew Justin Wald · Memphis, US
• Thomas S. Wolfe · Collierville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/108
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Patient-matched surgical instruments, and methods for making patient-matched surgical instruments, may include patient-matched surgical instruments having an anatomy facing side with several discrete, physically separate anatomy contacting portions configured to match the anatomy of a particular patient. The anatomy contacting portions may be one or more of non-uniform in distribution, non-uniform in shape or non-uniform in surface area.