Morphologically curved sagittal wall of a tibial implant
US9554862B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2230/0063
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of designing and fabricating prosthetic implants having a sagittal wall in which at least a portion thereof traverses a non-linear path. A method of fabricating such a prosthetic implant may include generating a virtual bone model based on image information obtained from at least one bone, determining a proposed height of the prosthetic implant at a first location on the virtual bone model, determining a proposed resection depth into the at least one bone at the first location based at least in part on the proposed height of the prosthetic implant, and determining a curved resection path across a portion of the virtual bone model. The curved resection path may intersect the first location and the prosthetic implant may have a curved sagittal wall corresponding to the curved resection path.
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