Michael McAULIFFE;SMITH & NEPHEW SURGICAL PTY. LTD
发明人:
Michael McAULIFFE,Daniel R LAWSON,Shuo SHI,Conan B CAVANAGH
申请号:
US15574950
公开号:
US20180235641A1
申请日:
2016.05.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
Provided is a method for designing a patient-specific surgical device for performing knee surgery, which includes determining a first alignment axis and/or a second alignment axis from a knee joint in extension and/or flexion respectively and subsequently designing said surgical device based on the first and/or second alignment axes. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical device designed by the aforementioned method. A patient-specific surgical device designed and/or manufactured by the above methods and a method of performing knee surgery with said patient-specific surgical device is further provided.