Gang Li;Tong Fang;Suraj Ravi Musuvathy;Sergei Azernikov;Ruirui Jiang
发明人:
Suraj Ravi Musuvathy,Ruirui Jiang,Sergei Azernikov,Gang Li,Tong Fang
申请号:
US13817272
公开号:
US20150230874A1
申请日:
2011.08.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
A computer assisted method creates accurate CAD/CAM models of custom orthopedic implants is provided. Information about bone geometry is acquired through medical imaging such as CT image scans. The desired bone surface region is extracted as a polygonal mesh after processing the 3D images. A smooth and accurate B-Spline surface is fitted to the polygonal mesh that is thickened to a solid CAD model. A patient-specific customized implant is manufactured from the obtained CAD model. The patient-specific customized implant is implanted in a patient by a surgeon in an operating room. A processor based system to generate a CAD/CAM file of the patient-specific customized implant and a manufacturing system enabled to manufacture the implant from the CAD/CAM file are also disclosed.