Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.

Claims

30 · 4 independent · depth 3

30 granted claims

›1.independentA method for making a patient specific surgical tool based at least in part on a joint space in a joint of a patient, the method comprising:nobtaining…+22

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one of a mechanical and an anatomical axis associated with the joint.d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the image data is derived from an imaging selected from the group consisting of one of a CT scan, a MRI scan, an optica…d2

›4.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the image data is two dimensional image data.d2

›5.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a single scan plane orientation.d2

›6.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a single scan plane orientation in a sagittal plane of the joint.d2

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a single scan plane orientation in the coronal plane of the joint.d2

›8.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a single scan plane orientation in the axial plane of the joint.d2

›9.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the image data is three dimensional image data.d2

›10.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using at least two scan plane orientations.d2

›11.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a first scan plane orientation in a sagittal plane and a second sc…d2

›12.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using the distance from the subchondral bone plate of one articular surf…d2

›13.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a cartilage thickness of the joint.d2

›14.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined in more than one region of the joint.d2

›15.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined in one or more positions from the group of anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, superior…d2

›16.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising optimizing a desired postoperative correction based on the joint space of the joint.d2

›17.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising optimizing a desired postoperative correction along a biomechanical or anatomical axis based on the joint sp…d2

›18.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the joint space is determined at least in part using a cartilage thickness of at least one articular surface of the joi…d2+4

›23.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising combining information about the joint space with information about a biomechanical axis of the joint.d2

›24.independentA method for making a patient specific surgical tool based at least in part on a joint space width in a joint of a patient, the method comprising: obt…+2

›27.independentA method for making a patient specific surgical tool based at least in part on a cartilage thickness in a joint of a patient, the method comprising:no…+2

›30.independentA method for making a patient specific surgical tool based at least in part on a joint space width in a joint of a patient, the method comprising:nobt…

Classifications

11 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A61F2/38
A61B17/17
A61B19/00
A61B17/56
A61F2/30
A61B5/00
A61B17/16
A61B17/15

Section G — Physics

G06F17/50

USPC · US Patent Classification

703/1606/86.R

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency

0.9 y

329 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

1 RCE

Interviews

examiner interview summaries

Examiner

Pedro Philogene

art unit 3733 · TC 3700

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 841 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Priority chain

2 priority documents

Priority

6 Feb 2006

earliest claimed

›Priority documents — 2

Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60765592	6 Feb 2006
related publication	US 20140074441 A1	13 Mar 2014

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.