#$%^&*AU2014202549A120140529.pdf#####24 ABSTRACT A customized patient-specific patella resectioning guide is disclosed. The customized patient-specific patella resectioning guide includes a body and a cutting guide coupled to the body. The body includes a customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of the posterior side of a patients patella. The cutting guide may be a captured or non-captured cutting guide. A method for fabricating and using such orthopaedic guides is also disclosed1/10 12 14 T 10 GEEATE MEDICAL IMAGES DETERMINE OF PATIENTS BONY ANATOMY CONSTRAINT DATA TRANSMIT MEDICAL IMAGES AND 16 CONSTRAINT DATA TO VENDOR 18 20 PROCESS IMAGES 22 CONVERT MEDICAL IDENTIFY IMAGES LANDMARKS DETERMINE RESECTIONING PLANES 24 GENERATE MODEL OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC 26 PATELLA RESECTIONING GUIDE VALlDATE MODEL 2 FABRICATE PATIENT-SPECIFIC 30 PATELLA RESECTIONING GUIDE PERFORM ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC 32 PATELLA RESECTIONING GUIDE -FIG.1
