Patient-specific fracture fixation instrumentation and method
US9675400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/568
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An instrument for internal bone fracture fixation includes a shaft having a distal portion and a patient-specific bone holder coupled to the distal portion. The bone holder has a three-dimensional curved and patient-specific bone engagement surface designed during a preoperative plan based on a medical scan of a patient to match and conform to an outer surface of a bone fragment of the patient in only one position.
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