PATIENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS FOR PERFORMING BONE CUTS
An apparatus and a method are provided for a patient-specific instrument guide for arthroplasty or other operations on bone tissue, capable of limiting bone cuts, achieving optimal implant positioning, and providing improved stability of implants. The patient-specific instrument guide comprises a bo...
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Zusammenfassung: | An apparatus and a method are provided for a patient-specific instrument guide for arthroplasty or other operations on bone tissue, capable of limiting bone cuts, achieving optimal implant positioning, and providing improved stability of implants. The patient-specific instrument guide comprises a body that includes a bone contact surface configured to contact a bone surface of a patient. The body is configured to be 3D printed according to medical imaging of a patient's anatomy, such that the bone contact surface optimally contacts the surface of the patient's bone. The body includes one or more guide slots that each slidably receives a cutting guide. The cutting guides are configured to receive a saw blade during bone cutting. The cutting guides may be oriented to guide cutting a talus or a tibia during a total ankle arthroplasty surgery. |
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