US20130158671A1 - Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing An Implant - Google Patents
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- the present teachings provide an implant customized for a specific patient based on a plurality of parameters identified during a preoperative planning stage.
- the present teachings provide an orthopedic device that includes a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface.
- the femoral implant further includes at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient.
- the femoral implant includes three patient-specific lengths, three patient specific medial angles and three patient specific lateral angles, wherein the lengths and medial and lateral angles are selected preoperatively based on a three-dimensional image of an anatomy of a patient to match the anatomy of the patient.
- the present teachings provide an orthopedic device manufacturing method.
- the method includes preparing a three-dimensional image of a patient's joint, selecting a non-custom implant closely matching the joint, and modifying at least six angles of the implant to be patient-specific.
- the method includes preparing a three-dimensional image of a patient's joint, selecting a non-custom femoral implant closely matching the joint, and modifying at least three lengths and six angles of the femoral implant to be patient-specific.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings
- FIG. 1A is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings
- FIG. 1B is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings
- FIG. 1C is a surgical kit according to the present teachings.
- FIG. 1D is a patient-specific alignment guide according to the present teachings.
- FIG. 1E is a patient-specific alignment guide according to the present teachings.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a computer interface for an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings
- FIG. 3 is perspective view of a generic casting of an implant according to the present teachings
- FIG. 4 is a posterior view of a generic casting according to the present teachings.
- FIG. 4A is a posterior view of a generic casting including a plurality of additional modifiable features according to the present teachings
- FIG. 5 is a plan view of a generic casting according to the present teachings.
- FIG. 5A is a plan view of a generic casting including a plurality of additional modifiable features according to the present teachings
- FIG. 5B is a distal view of a three-dimensional image of the patient's distal femur showing planned resection planes according to the present teachings;
- FIG. 5C is a anterior view of a three-dimensional image of the patient's distal femur showing planned resection planes according to the present teachings;
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart for an osteophyte/protrusion removal control method according to the present teachings
- FIG. 7 is a representative image of a patent's anatomy showing osteophyte/protrusion control tools for modifying the image
- FIGS. 8 and 9 are representative images of a patent's anatomy showing exemplary osteophyte/protrusion locations
- FIG. 10 is a representative image of a patent's anatomy showing representative depth control selections for surgeon manipulation
- FIGS. 11 and 12 are representative images of a patent's anatomy after osteophyte/protrusion removal with exemplary implants attached thereon;
- FIGS. 13A and 13B illustrate a flowchart of a method of implant and guide design
- FIG. 14 is a schematic view of hardware and a user.
- FIG. 15 is a plan view of a display of a device.
- the present teachings provide a manufacturing method that integrates patient's anatomic and medical information with interactive participation by a surgeon to select and manufacture an implant and, optionally, related surgical instruments, for a particular patient from generally three options: a custom made implant specific to the patient, an implant that is only partially custom-made or a semi-custom implant, and a standard off-the shelf implant.
- off-the-shelf, custom-made, or semi-custom-made instrumentation e.g. alignment guides, drill guides, cutting guides or other instruments
- All the implant components, alignment guides, and other disposable instruments can be included in a package provided to a surgeon for a specific patient.
- FIG. 1 an exemplary flowchart of an interactive implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings is illustrated.
- the portion of the patient's anatomy related to the orthopedic procedure and the implant is characterized and detailed at 100 .
- the characterization can be performed with various imaging methods capable of obtaining a representation of the affected anatomy, including, for example, soft and hard tissues.
- the tissues can include bone, bone joints with or without cartilage, ligaments, or other soft tissue.
- the imaging methods can include, for example, MRI, CT, ultrasound, radiography or X-ray, cameras and other devices.
- the image information for the patient can be obtained at a medical facility or a doctor's office and can be sent to the manufacturer in an electronic and/or digital form contained.
- the image information can be stored on a physical medium, such as a CD, DVD, flash memory device (e.g. memory stick, compact flash, secure digital card), or other storage device.
- the information may alternatively, or in addition, be transmitted electronically with the Internet or worldwide web using appropriate transfer protocols.
- electronic transmissions can include e-mail or other digital transmission to any appropriate type of computer device, smart phone, PDA or other devices in which electronic information can be transmitted.
- Appropriate handheld devices can include handheld mobile device or portable communication devices, such as the iPhone® handheld mobile device sold by Apple Inc., a corporation of California, USA; the LG Shine® handheld mobile device sold by LG Corp. a corporation of REPUBLIC OF KOREA; or the Blackberry Bold® handheld mobile device sold by Research In Motion Limited a corporation of CANADA.
- the handheld device can be those that are held in the palm of a hand of a user, such as a surgeon (see FIG. 14 ). The surgeon can then enter data with a stylus, keyboard, touch screen, etc.
- the handheld device can use local area networks, cell phone networks, or other data transmission systems to communicate with a main memory and processor of a service provider (see FIG. 14 ).
- Appropriate handheld devices can provide access to electronic communication or file transfer protocols, such as internet or electronic mail, to transfer or access information files.
- the handheld devices can have installed programs that can be used to manipulate the information files, as discussed herein.
- the handheld devices can access servers that process data files while receiving input through the handheld devices and displaying images to the surgeon or user via the handheld device.
- the handheld device may only be a client that does not process and edit a data file of the pre-operative plan.
- the information collected at 100 can be used to create a three-dimensional model or image of the bone or joint with or without associated soft tissue or related anatomy using commercially available computer modeling software from various vendors or developers, such as, for example, from Materialise USA, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- the three-dimensional model of the patient's anatomy can be viewed on a computer display or other electronic screen and can also reproduced as a hard copy on film or other medium and viewed by direct or indirect or backlight illumination.
- the model can be sized for viewing on any appropriate screen size and may be cropped, rotated, etc. as selected by the individual (e.g. the surgeon) viewing the screen.
- soft tissue associated with the affected anatomy can be modified, or removed or repaired, to restore alignment of the joint, for example, or to remove torn or diseased tissue, or to cut or repair ligaments, or to provide natural or artificial ligament grafts.
- Soft tissue information can be optionally used as an additional design parameter or input for the implant design, at 125 .
- a custom or patient-specific bearing articulation of a knee joint can be designed based on the kinematic profile and the soft tissue/ligament information available for a particular patient.
- kinematic information for the patient can be obtained by an actual gait analysis of the patient, and can also be obtained by computer modeling software that uses the MRI images of the patient's joints and associated ligaments, muscle or other soft tissue to derive kinematic analysis of the patient and corresponding recommendations for soft tissue modification, such as releasing a ligament, for example.
- Such software is commercially available from LifeModeler, Inc., of San Clemente, Calif.
- a preliminary pre-operative plan of the surgical procedure can be prepared for surgeon or other medical user or technician review, including the planning of various bone resections, sizes and types of implants, and various geometric requirements including relevant dimensions, such as height, width, orientation of particular features, etc.
- the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can include a recommendation of particular implants and associated instruments to be used in the surgical procedure, as discussed below.
- the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be in the form of digital images that can be viewed interactively using a computer modeling software, such as the software referenced above.
- the preliminary pre-operative plan and any further changes or a finalized pre-operative plan can be a plan devised to obtain a healthy or as close to healthy anatomical orientation after an operative procedure.
- the healthy anatomy can be based on natural or pre-injury anatomy or mechanically correct or efficient anatomical orientation.
- the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be submitted to the surgeon (or other user) for review, either electronically or by land mail, and either in digital or hard copy form, as discussed above in connection with transmitting imaging information.
- the surgeon can review the resection planes shown in image of the patient's anatomy, make changes in the location, size and orientation of the resection planes and, generally, work interactively until the pre-operative plan from 130 is surgeon-approved.
- the surgeon may approve the image of the patient's anatomy showing corresponding resection planes. As shown in FIGS.
- the patient's anatomy 510 can be, for example, a distal femur with approved resection planes including medial and lateral anterior chamfer planes 513 , medial and lateral anterior cut planes 511 , medial and lateral posterior chamfer planes 512 and medial and lateral posterior cut planes 514 .
- the surgeon is provided with the opportunity to remove one or more osteophytes/protrusions from the image of the patient's anatomy 510 at surgeon-selected locations and depths at 500 (See FIG. 6 ). Removal of such protrusions and smoothening of the joint surface that receives the implant can parallel the intra-operative joint preparation by the surgeon and improve the actual fit of a surgeon-selected implant, whether patient-specific, semi-custom, or off the shelf.
- An automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can be incorporated in the planning stage of the manufacturing method illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can be provided as a separate pre-operative planning module, as shown in FIG. 6 , or it can be incorporated and/or fully integrated with the manufacturing method illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- Certain parts of the bone including various bone bumps, protrusions, growths and osteophytes can be generally removed from the three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomy before designing a patient-specific implant or semi-custom implant, or before selecting an off the shelf implant.
- the automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control module can replace a time-consuming and potentially less accurate manual modification of the three-dimensional image to remove such bone growths or osteophytes by an experienced image or CAD technician.
- the automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can provide more accurate and faster removal of such bone irregularities, which can vary in shape, location and size from patient to patient.
- osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can be used for smoothing out a bone surface by removing any type of bone protrusion, including bumps, irregularities and osteophytes. According to the present teachings, osteophytes are illustrated as exemplary, but not exclusive, candidates for complete or partial removal.
- the osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can start 502 with an input of the three-dimensional image of the patient's anatomy 510 including resection planes, as shown in FIGS. 7-9 , after review and approval of the resection planes by the surgeon (or other user, including other professionals or technicians) at 140 of FIG. 1 .
- the image of the patient's anatomy 510 can be analyzed to identify osteophyte/protrusion locations 530 (at 504 of FIG.
- osteophyte/protrusions 530 extend beyond the edges of the resection planes in the direction of the planned or anticipated implant location, the osteophyte/protrusions 530 can interfere with implant fitting.
- the osteophyte/protrusion removal control module 500 can provide visual control for the surgeon to select the aggressiveness of osteophyte/protrusion removal, or the degree of smoothening and/or flattening of the corresponding joint anatomy. Specifically, by fine-tuning the osteophyte/protrusion locations, at 506 of FIG. 6 , the surgeon can control the depth of the osteophyte/protrusion removal in a continuous or discrete manner.
- a landmark location 540 for each osteophyte/protrusion 530 can be identified and pegged for measuring from and initiating a continuous series of constant or variable depth contours 542 to aid the surgeon in selecting the depth of osteophyte/protrusion removal.
- the depth contours can be automatically generated by the computer software that generates a three-dimensional model or image of the anatomy, such as the software commercially available, for example, from Materialise USA, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- the landmark location 540 can be a location of lowest possible depth in the vicinity of the identified osteophyte/protrusion, a minimum, or a valley location, as shown in FIG. 10 .
- the depth contours 542 are shown as discrete in FIG.
- the depth contours 542 can represent curved smoothed-out surfaces under the original osteophyte/protrusion 530 and can be exposed after an overlying area is shaved or peeled in the image of the patient's anatomy 510 by the operation of graphical or visual removal tools provided on the image of the patient's anatomy 510 .
- the surgeon or other user can manipulate the graphical removal tools with a user interface, such as a mouse, touch screen, joystick, slide pad, or other user interface.
- various visual removal tools can be provided for on-screen manipulation and control by the surgeon, at 508 of FIG. 6 .
- a removal tool corresponding to each edge of a resection plane can be provided and used to visually/graphically remove a portion of an osteophyte/protrusion associated with a particular edge 532 .
- four such exemplary removal tools 520 a , 520 b , 520 c , 520 d are shown, each removal tool associated with an edge of a resection plane, such as lateral and medial chamfer plane and lateral and medial cut plane.
- the removal tools 520 are illustrated as straight sliders in FIG.
- the removal tools 520 can include a visual indicator 525 that can provide information to the surgeon in the form of a number on a scale indicative of the depth of aggressiveness of osteophyte/protrusion removal.
- the indicator 525 can provide visual information in terms of variable color in shades gradually changing from minimum depth removal (green, for example) to maximum depth removal (red, for example).
- FIGS. 11 and 12 exemplary images of a resected femur 510 and tibia 515 referenced relatively to a mechanical axis 522 are illustrated.
- the femur image illustrates the patient's anatomy 510 after the osteophytes/protrusions 530 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 have been removed and a femoral implant/component 560 is placed on the resulting smoothed out surface that follows one of the depth contours 542 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the surgeon can make a recommendation regarding the design of the implant at 150 , and any desired associated alignment guides at 160 .
- the surgeon can recommend a method of designing an implant. Specifically, the surgeon can select one of the following three options: a first option of a custom or patient-specific implant at 170 or a second option of a semi-custom made implant at 180 , or a third option of a standard or off-the-shelf implant at 190 .
- the surgeon can also include recommendations and preferences for various custom and non-custom instruments to be used in the procedure at the surgeon review at 140 , as well as at the selection and design of implant at 150 and selection and design of alignment guides 160 . It will be appreciated that, based on the surgeon's recommendation at 140 , the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be modified at 130 , including all the surgeon's preferences regarding anatomy modification (osteophyte removal, resection planes, etc.), implant design, alignment guide design and selection of various tools and instruments, and then resubmitted to the surgeon for approval.
- anatomy modification osteophyte removal, resection planes, etc.
- a custom-made implant is a patient-specific, one of a kind implant specifically made for a particular patient, and consequently there is no inventory associated with such implant.
- Standard or off-the-shelf-implants are available and stocked in a number of sizes, typically six or more, and a number of configurations or types, including bilateral or unilateral implants, constrained, semi-constrained, mobile, etc. Because of the variety of sizes and configurations that are kept in stock to accommodate different patients, a large inventory of standard implants is created, and several molds for each type and size of implant may be used.
- semi-custom implants provide an intermediate solution between custom-made and off-the-shelf implants. Semi-custom implants reduce the size of inventory and molds required for production, while allowing some degree of patient-specific customization.
- Custom or patient-specific implants when approved by surgeon at 170 for a specific patient, can be manufactured for the patient by rapid prototyping methods, such as stereolithography or other similar methods, or by CNC milling, or other automated or computer-controlled machining, or by robotic methods, at 250 .
- Manufacturing can take place at a manufacturing center or facility in situ or at remote or off-site location. It will be understood that in situ manufacturing is used as a short hand for a manufacturing site of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), but can be physically located at a different facility of the OEM.
- OEM original equipment manufacturer
- Off-site or remote manufacturing will be understood to refer to facilities operated by other manufacturers who are contracted by the OEM for manufacturing all or some of the implants, components or parts for the surgical procedure.
- Off-the-shelf implants when approved by the surgeon a 190 , can be manufactured by standard casting methods from bar stock or other stock material at 200 , then shaped to a final shape and size by grinding or milling at 210 , polished at 220 , and then cleaned/passivated at 230 .
- Such off-the-shelf implants can be part of an existing inventory, or mass-produced, or produced by just-in-time agile manufacturing methods.
- Semi-custom implants when approved by the surgeon at 180 , can be made from a generic casting at 240 , as described below, or by modifying existing standard implant designs to match various features or parameters based on the anatomy of the patient, as described in co-pending patent application entitled Patient-Modified Implant and Associated Method, Ser. No. 12/103,834, filed on Apr. 16, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
- the generic casting After the generic casting is modified for certain parameters of a patient, it can be processed at aspects 210 - 230 to a passivated form.
- Patient-specific parameters can include parameters relating to the size of the implant, including height, width, various articulation parameters or angles, etc., as discussed in specific example below in reference to FIGS. 3-5 .
- the surgeon's review of the surgical plan at 140 may further include, at 160 , a request for one or more patient-specific alignment guides to be used with the implant.
- Patient-specific alignment guides are described in co-pending patent application Ser. No. 11/756,057, filed on May 31, 2007, Ser. No. 11/971,390, filed on Jan. 9, 2008, No. 12/025,414, filed on Feb. 4, 2008, and Ser. No. 12/039,849 filed on Feb. 29, 2008.
- the alignment guides can be manufactured at 260 with by rapid prototyping methods, such as stereolithography or other similar methods or by CNC milling, or other automated or computer-controlled machining or robotic methods, and cleaned at 270 .
- the alignment guides, the implants and optionally other disposable instruments (at 272 ) can be packaged and sterilized at 280 , and forwarded to the surgeon or the surgeon's medical facility for implantation at 290 .
- the methods described in connection with FIGS. 1A and 1B can be modified to incorporate additional features, as illustrated in FIG. 1C .
- the additional features can include a preparation of a surgeon kit 1000 at 276 and optionally a tracking procedure in which tracking tags are added at 278 to the various parts that are included in the surgeon kit 1000 .
- the tracking procedure can be incorporated in the manufacturing, cleaning, sterilizing, assembling and boxing the various components up to implantation and can be maintained, for example through the procedures at 260 , 270 , 230 , 272 , 274 , 276 , 280 , and 290 , as shown in FIG. 1B .
- the surgeon kit 1000 and can be tracked during assembling/stocking the surgeon kit 1000 with the various components, and the tagged components can be tracked from manufacture to implant procedure.
- a surgeon kit 1000 can be generated at 276 .
- the surgeon kit 1000 can be designed and assembled during the process described above in FIGS. 1A , 1 B and 1 C and during the manufacturing of the patient-specific alignment guides and implants.
- the surgeon kit 1000 can be assembled based on surgeon preferences and can include a set of implants, such as, for example, a femoral implant 1050 , a bearing 1052 and a tibial implant 1054 , for an exemplary knee replacement procedure, or other implant components depending on the surgical procedure and the surgeon's preference.
- the implants can be patient-specific, of semi-custom or standard off-the-self as described above.
- surgeon-selected alignment guides (at 160 , 165 and 260 ), other disposable instruments (at 274 ) and other reusable instrument (at 274 ) selected according to the surgeon's preferences can be included in the surgical kit 1000 .
- the surgeon kit can include only instruments, such as, for example, alignment guides and other tools, designed to be disposable.
- a surgeon kit 1000 for a knee procedure is shown to include a femoral alignment guide 1010 , a tibial alignment guide 1018 , a femoral drill guide 1012 , a tibial drill guide 1020 , a femoral distal cutting block 1014 , a tibial cutting block 1030 , a four-in-one femoral cutting block 1016 , a tibial template 1022 with alignment rod 1024 .
- the alignment guides are single-use and disposable.
- the various drill guides and cutting blocks can be re-sterilazable and reusable, although disposable drill guides, cutting blocks and other tools can also be designed.
- a set of trochar pins 1032 and a set of spring drill pins 1034 can be included.
- various surgical blades 1036 can be added and additional medical products, such as, for example, bone cement 1038 , or other medical supplies or biologics 1040 .
- a tracking system can be incorporated with the surgeon kit 1000 .
- Tracking tags 1110 can be added at 278 optionally to the alignment guides, the implants and/or the entire surgeon kit 1000 .
- the tracking tags 1110 can be simple barcode tags, or other scan readable tags or radio frequency identification (RFID).
- RFID radio frequency identification
- the tags 1110 can be added to individual instruments or on the entire surgical kit 1000 , outside the box.
- the tracking tags can include patient-specific information and/or surgeon information, such as, for example, patient's name, age, gender, procedure to be performed, surgeon's name; clinic or hospital location, etc.
- the tracking tags 1110 can be removable.
- the tracking tags 1110 can be attached with removable glue sticks or frangible attachments.
- the tracking tags 1110 can be incorporated in a frangible extension 1102 of an alignment guide 1100 , as illustrated in FIGS. 1D-1E .
- the exemplary alignment guide 1100 can include a body 1120 having a patient-specific engagement surface 1126 for engaging a complementary surface of the corresponding anatomy of the patient and one or more alignment formations 1122 defining guiding bores 1124 for guiding alignment or drill pins or other instruments.
- the extension 1102 can be prepared or incorporated during the manufacturing process, for example, during the layering process of a rapid prototyping method, and can include a pocket 1104 in which a tracking tag 1110 is inserted, as part of the layering process. Layering can continue and cover the tracking tag 1110 . In another embodiment, the extension 1102 can be a blank of larger dimensions from which the pocket 1104 is machined for the tracking tag 1110 . The tracking tag 1110 can be removed or broken off by the surgeon. Tracking of the patient-specific (and surgeon) information can be provided for the entire manufacturing procedure from start to finish, i.e., from the manufacturing of the tracked components to assembling the surgeon kit 100 to the implant procedure at the operating theater or site.
- An orthopedic system manager 402 can be in the form of software or other computer program associated with the original equipment manufacturer.
- the orthopedic system manager 402 can be accessible locally via dedicated computer machines or computer terminal directly communicated with software either by hard wire or wirelessly.
- the orthopedic system manager 402 can also be accessible remote remotely via the Internet or other remote communication portals using any electronic or other devices that can connect to the Internet or other web-based network, or other similar communication networks, including cable, satellite and telephone-based networks.
- the system manager 402 can provide access to patient file information, including lists of all current patients at 403 , and surgery dates, surgeons, and approval status of the surgical plan for each patient, at 404 .
- Each patient file can include personal and medical information of the patient, such as, for example, weight, height, gender, age, lifestyle, pertinent medical records and medical history, as well as information on patient assessment that includes physical and kinematic evaluation pertaining to the orthopedic procedure at 406 , and soft and hard tissue analysis at 408 , including information provided at aspects 120 and 125 of FIG. 1 , as discussed above.
- Imaging center information for patient scans as discussed in relation to aspects 100 and 110 of FIG. 1 , can added or modified at 410 , and an imaging center for each specific patient can be specified at 412 .
- Surgeon profiles including surgeon preferences regarding anatomic axes alignment or implant and instrument preferences that can be taken into account when preparing the preliminary pre-operative plan discussed at aspect 130 of FIG. 1 , can be created and edited at 414 .
- Information and selection of manufacturing centers can be accessed at 416 for manufacturing the implants and or alignment guides as discussed in relation to aspects 260 , 250 , 240 , and 210 - 230 of FIG. 1 .
- the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan for each patient can be provided at 418 , as discussed above at 140 in reference to FIG. 1 , and e-mailed or otherwise communicated to the patient's surgeon at 420 .
- one implant option includes manufacturing semi-custom implants by generic casting.
- Illustrative examples of generic casting of a semi-custom femoral implant/component are shown in FIGS. 3-5 .
- a generic casting 300 of the implant is a casting that is more specialized than ordinary bar stock, from which any size of implant can be made, but less specialized than the off-the-shelf implants that are available in a particular number of sizes, typically six-to ten sizes and are finished from specific castings of those sizes.
- the generic casting can be made in a size and shape that can accommodate a range of variable features for the implant, and at the same time can be machined to multiple sizes, such as three or four smaller sizes.
- the generic casting can generally include geometric features which are size/shape and/or patient-independent or universal, and also features that are size/shape or patient-specific, as discussed in the examples below. More particularly, the generic casting can include at least one geometric feature that will remain unchanged for any patient or universal feature, and at least one geometric feature that can be specifically customized for and is specific to a particular patient. Additionally, generic castings can be provided in the same sizes as off-the-shelf components, although generic castings can have different shapes than off-the-shelf components.
- an exemplary generic casting 300 of a femoral implant is illustrated.
- the generic casting 300 can have an anterior flange 302 of medial-lateral width W, and/or a height H and/or other geometric dimensions to accommodate multiple sizes of femoral implants.
- multiple sizes of left-sided implants 304 a , 304 b , and various sizes of right-sided implants 306 a , 306 b can be formed by a single generic casting.
- multiple shapes can be made from a single generic casting.
- Appropriate markings or indentations or score lines for cutting to size can be provided, such as height markings 330 , for example.
- the implant for a particular patient can be formed from the generic casting 300 by selecting particular features, such as the width W or height H, or other geometric features for a particular patient and machining the generic casting 300 to provide the size, dimension or shape, or combinations thereof for that particular geometric feature.
- the generic casting 300 does not include a patella track feature, but provides an area in which a custom patella track 308 can be machined at a custom angle or custom shape for each specific patient.
- the generic casting 300 can also include additional material in the intercondylar notch area 310 to allow for custom machining of the intercondylar notch area 310 to accommodate various types of articulation or constraint in relation to a tibial implant, such cams or intercondylar boxes, and other contact areas for articulation with the tibial implant in accordance with a kinematic plan for the joint of the specific patient.
- Custom shapes of various other portions of the implants can also be prepared for the generic castings.
- each mold capable of accommodating multiple sizes of the corresponding implant type.
- the intercondylar notch area 310 can be machined for line or area contact with the articular surfaces of a tibial implant of various degrees of flexion.
- Exemplary articulations are disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,283, U.S. Pat. No. 6,413,279, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,223, and in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,765 filed on May 6, 2004, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- Various markings 332 corresponding to different sizes can be provided.
- the generic casting 300 can include at least one patient-independent or universal feature, such as, for example, universal cement wells 312 or other universal features.
- patient-independent or universal feature such as, for example, universal cement wells 312 or other universal features.
- Such universal features can be used with any internal geometry 314 , which can be machined into the generic casting 300 to accommodate the appropriate shape and/or size for a specific patient.
- a semi-custom implant ( 304 a , 304 b , 306 a , 306 b ) can also be generated from a generic casting 300 by customizing a plurality of features based on the patient's anatomy during the pre-operative planning stage in addition to or instead of the parameters discussed above.
- the generic casting 300 can include a standard, non-custom articulation surfaces for the medial and lateral condyles and an internal bone engagement surface 300 a for engaging the resected femur and including five internal planes 511 a , 513 a , 517 a , 512 a and 514 a ( FIG.
- the internal bone engagement surface 300 a and corresponding internal planes of the generic casting 300 can correspond to standard, i.e., non-custom, sizes for the femoral implant.
- the semi-custom implant can be made to correspond to the patient's anatomy as closely as desired while retaining the internal geometry corresponding to the resection planes in the sagittal view. More specifically, in an exemplary embodiment, at least nine parameters of the implant can be patient-specific, including three lengths and six angles, as discussed below in reference to the preoperative plan for the specific patient and the various planned resection planes.
- FIGS. 5B and 5C an image of the patient's anatomy, i.e. the distal femur 510 ′ of the patient indicating the planned cut planes is illustrated in FIGS. 5B and 5C .
- FIG. 5B represents a distal view of the three-dimensional image of the distal femur 510 ′, as reconstructed by MRI, CT or other scans.
- the planned resections indicated on the image include medial and lateral sides of a posterior chamfer plane 512 ′, of a distal cut plane 517 ′, and of an anterior chamfer plane 513 ′.
- the most anterior point of the intercondylar notch is indicated by a tangent line at 907 .
- FIG. 5B represents a distal view of the three-dimensional image of the distal femur 510 ′, as reconstructed by MRI, CT or other scans.
- the planned resections indicated on the image include medial and lateral sides of
- FIG. 5C represents an anterior view of the three-dimensional image of the distal femur 510 ′, and illustrates the distal cut plane 517 ′, anterior chamfer plane 513 ′, and an anterior cut plane 511 ′.
- the straight edges of the various cut planes are indicated as follows in reference to FIG. 5C : posterior distal edge 950 is the posterior edge of the distal cut plane 517 ′; anterior distal edge 952 is the anterior edge of distal cut plane 517 ′; distal anterior edge 954 is the distal edge of the anterior cut plane 511 ′; and proximal anterior edge 956 is the proximal edge of the anterior cut plane 511 ′.
- FIG. 5B also illustrates the posterior distal edge 950 , the anterior distal edge 952 , and the distal anterior edge 954 .
- FIGS. 4 A and 5 A-C A representative, but not exhaustive list of patient-specific parameters that can be selected at the preoperative stage for incorporation into the implant design after a particular size implant has been selected is indicated in FIGS. 4 A and 5 A-C.
- a central plane 800 perpendicular to the epicondylar axis 801 of the distal femur 510 ′ can be identified through the center of and orthogonal to the medial-lateral width W of the generic casting 300 .
- the central plane 800 can be used as a reference plane for the bone cuts and the various patient-specific parameters to be used in modeling the semi-custom implant.
- the specified parameters can include, for example, three distances/lengths of the implant and six angles of the implant, each of which can be modified pre-operatively to be patient-specific such that they correspond to conform to the particular patient's anatomy. It will be appreciated that a lesser or greater number of parameters or different parameters can be use to customize and optimize the implant for the patient.
- the following exemplary parameters are illustrated in FIGS.
- medial condyle width 802 medial condyle width 802 , lateral condyle width 804 , notch height 806 , first, second and third medial angles 808 , 810 , 812 ; and first, second and third lateral angles 814 , 816 , 818 .
- the medial condyle width 802 is defined as the distance between the central plane 800 and the farthest medial point/tangent line 902 (but not part of an osteophyte) on the posterior distal edge 950 .
- the lateral condyle width 804 is defined as distance between the central plane 800 and the farthest lateral point/tangent 904 on the posterior distal edge 950 (but not part of an osteophyte).
- the notch height 806 defined as the distance along the central plane 800 from the posterior cut plane 514 ′ at edge 906 to the most anterior point/tangent line 907 on the notch (but not part of an osteophyte).
- the first medial angle 808 is defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 908 connecting the medial-most points on the posterior distal edge 950 and the anterior distal edge 952 .
- the second medial angle 810 is defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 910 connecting the medial-most points on the anterior distal edge 952 and the distal anterior edge 954 .
- the third medial angle 812 is defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 912 connecting the medial-most points on the distal anterior edge 954 and the proximal anterior edge 956 .
- the first lateral angle 814 is defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 914 connecting the lateral-most points on the posterior distal edge 950 and the anterior distal edge 952 .
- the second lateral angle 816 is defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 916 connecting the lateral-most points on the anterior distal edge 952 and the distal anterior edge 954 .
- the third lateral angle 818 defined as the angle between the central plane 800 and the line 918 connecting the lateral-most points on the distal anterior edge 954 and the proximal anterior edge 956 .
- an image of a semi-custom implant customized with these parameters can be displayed at 135 for review and comparison with the image of the patient's anatomy.
- the values of the parameters 800 , 802 , 804 , 806 , 808 , 810 , 812 , 814 , 816 , 818 can be adjusted, as desired, and the implant with the adjusted or finalized parameters can selected at 137 and forwarded to the surgeon for review at 140 together with the preoperative plan which includes surgeon's preferences of implants, guides and other instruments, as described above in connection with FIG. 1 .
- the preoperative planning procedure can proceed as discussed above.
- each semi-custom implant has an internal bone engagement geometry including five planes 511 a , 513 a , 517 a , 512 a and 514 a corresponding to the resection planes and at least nine patient-specific parameters, including the three lengths and six angles described above.
- each implant type can be formed from a generic casting that can accommodate multiple AP sizes corresponding to medial-lateral widths, such as four sizes, for example.
- generic casting can reduce inventory by a half, using two molds total for eight sizes.
- additional reductions in inventory can be obtained by combining right and left side implants into a single generic casting, as discussed above in relation to FIG. 4 .
- generic castings reduce side-specific castings and also allow for various custom shapes and features.
- FIGS. 13A and 13B The process can then be followed as illustrated in FIGS. 13A and 13B as discussed above in relation to FIG. 1 .
- the blocks in FIGS. 13A and 13B that are illustrated with the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 , but augmented with a prime are not discussed in further detail, but are discussed above in FIG. 1 and include substantially similar processes.
- input from a surgeon or other appropriate user can be provided with a handheld device, as discussed above.
- a handheld device can be used by the surgeon to review the pre-operative plan at 140 ′. It will be understood, however, that the process for providing a selected implant and tools can be similar to that discussed above, for example, with reference to FIG. 1
- the pre-operative plan or preliminary pre-operative plan from block 130 and 130 ′ can be developed or produced by a service provider 700 .
- the service provider 700 can own, operate, manage, or the like a main processor 702 and a main memory 704 .
- the main processor and main memory 702 , 704 can be at the service provider 700 , in communication with the service provider 700 , or otherwise controlled, maintained, or used by the service provider 700 . Further, the main processor and main memory 702 , 704 can be incorporated into a single server system.
- the main processor 702 can process or execute a program, such as a program to develop the pre-operative plan, accept inputs from the surgeon, and augment or generate the final pre-operative plan.
- a program such as a program to develop the pre-operative plan, accept inputs from the surgeon, and augment or generate the final pre-operative plan.
- the main processor 702 can also be used to design and output the implant and alignment guide in blocks 150 , 150 ′, and 160 , 160 ′.
- the pre-operative plan can be delivered or accessed by the surgeon via notification or surgeon access in block 600 ′, 602 ′.
- the access or delivery of the pre-op plan can be via an internet or worldwide web connection 706 that uses a first communication method 708 from the service provider 700 and a second communication method 710 to a handheld device 712 .
- the first and second communication method 708 , 710 can be wired or wireless and can both be the same.
- a cell or mobile phone connection system 714 such as a tower, cell phone, antenna, can be provided.
- a first communication line 716 can transmit a communication through the mobile phone connection system 714 .
- connection 716 can be connected directly with the mobile phone connection system 714 via connection 716 or through an indirect connection 716 ′, such as an internet connection.
- a second communication line 718 can be used by a surgeon 720 with the handheld device 712 .
- the first and second communication system 716 , 716 ′, and 718 can be wired or wireless and can be the same or different.
- an intermediate system, such as a laptop or desktop computer 722 can be in communication with a system, such as the internet 706 via a first communication system 724 and the handheld device 712 can be interconnected with the computer 722 via a second communication system 726 .
- the first and second communication system 724 , 726 can be the same or different and be wired or wireless.
- the pre-operative plan from block 130 ′ can be delivered to a surgeon or accessed by a surgeon in any appropriate manner, such as via the internet 706 or cell communication 714 .
- the pre-operative plan can be the preliminary pre-operative plan as discussed above.
- the pre-operative plan can include or be saved as a data file, in the main memory 704 associated with the main processor 702 of the service provider 700 , of an appropriate type including image data, patient data, resection area data, etc.
- the pre-operative plan can be generated and stored by the service provider 700 .
- the service provider 700 can be any appropriate service, such as an implant and/or guide manufacturer or specification producer.
- a specification producer can be a service that provides specifications for an implant or guide to a manufacturer for production.
- the service provider 700 can notify the surgeon 720 or user that the preliminary pre-operative plan is ready for review in block 600 ′.
- the notification that the pre-operative plan is prepared can be performed in any appropriate manner. For example, an electronic mail notification can be sent to the surgeon 720 , a text message can be sent to the surgeon 720 , a telephone call can be made to the surgeon 720 via landline or a wireless connection, as illustrated in FIG. 14 . Regardless, the surgeon can be notified that the pre-operative plan is ready for review in block 600 through the use of the mobile device 712 .
- the surgeon 720 can access the pre-operative plan in block 602 ′.
- the surgeon can access the pre-operative plan in one or a plurality of ways in block 140 ′.
- the surgeon 720 can download the pre-operative plan to the handheld device in block 604 ′.
- the surgeon 720 can access the main processor/memory 702 , 704 to review the pre-operative plan in the main memory 704 in block 606 ′ with the handheld device 712 .
- the surgeon 720 may also access the plan with the computer or terminal 722 by downloading the pre-operative plan data file to the computer 722 on which appropriate software is installed to access the pre-operative plan.
- the surgeon 720 may also view a printout of the pre-operative plan for manipulating or commenting on the pre-operative plan, or any other appropriate manner.
- the file can be downloaded to the handheld device 712 using any appropriate transfer protocol or communication system, as illustrated in FIG. 14 .
- the handheld device 712 can be connected to the computer 722 through an appropriate communications cable or protocol 726 , such as Bluetooth®, a wireless communication protocol or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable.
- a program on the handheld device 712 can execute or read the file and display images for the surgeon 720 .
- the surgeon 720 can then review the plan in block 140 ′. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7 , a view of a bone to be resected can be displayed along with the slider bars 520 for allowing editing or augmentation of the pre-operative plan by the surgeon.
- the view of the images, including the slider bars 520 can be augmented for the handheld device 712 .
- a cropped and zoomed image may only include a portion of the bone or region to be cut or resected for viewing by the surgeon.
- the handheld device 712 can include a view screen 740 that displays an image of the bone to be resected, but only includes a portion thereof, such as a lateral portion of a distal femur.
- the zoomed and cropped image can include fewer than all of the slide bars 520 , such as only the slide bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d .
- the slide bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d can be illustrated and accessed by the surgeon to change data in the file for creation of appropriate instruments and implants for the specific patient or for augmentation of semi-custom or selection of an off-the-shelf instrument and implant.
- the surgeon 720 can access or change the pre-operative plan file using the slide bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d through any appropriate access or manipulation process.
- the screen 740 of the handheld device 712 can be a touch screen. Accordingly, the surgeon 720 can touch the screen with a finger or stylus to move the slider or marker portion 525 on the slider bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d .
- a trackball or other pointer device 742 can be provided to access and move the slider bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d .
- the handheld device 712 can have any appropriate input devices, such as an external or connected input devices, that can be mapped for appropriate command inputs into the system for augmenting the pre-operative plan file.
- the changes, if made by the surgeon, can then be saved to the pre-operative plan file to generate an edited pre-operative plan file.
- the NO path 622 ′ can be followed for the surgeon 720 to edit the plan in block 624 ′.
- the surgeon 720 can edit the plan in block 624 in any appropriate manner, such as by moving the slider bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d , or any other appropriate slider bars.
- the surgeon 720 can edit the pre-operative plan in any appropriate manner, including those discussed above.
- the surgeon 720 can input changes into the pre-operative plan using any appropriate input portion, such as touching the screen 740 .
- the pre-operative plan file that is downloaded to the handheld device 712 can then be saved with the edits as the edited pre-operative plan and transmitted to the service provider 700 for appropriate edits to be re-reviewed or finalized, as discussed above. It will be understood, however, that the handheld device 712 , which can include the appropriate program, can save the file in the appropriate format and transmit it back to the service provider 700 .
- the handheld device 712 can access the pre-operative plan which is stored in the main storage 704 associated with the service provider in block 606 and separate from the handheld device 712 . If the handheld device 712 accesses the pre-operative plan on the main processor, memory 702 , 704 , the handheld device 712 need only display an image representing a portion of the file on the display screen 740 . That is, the pre-operative plan and any edits or processing made to the pre-operative plan can be done solely or substantially by the main processor 702 that executes a program to manipulate and display the file. The main processor 702 and the main memory 704 need not be physically near or connected to the handheld device 712 .
- the handheld device 712 can be provided to display the image, such as an image of the bone for resection, for the surgeon 720 . Therefore, the handheld device 712 may not be required to process the pre-operative plan file from the service provider 700 , but only be provided to display the pre-operative plan file and receive and transmit input from the surgeon 720 . Accordingly, even if the pre-operative plan is accessed from the service provider in block 606 , the slide bars 520 ′ c and 520 ′ d can be displayed on the display 742 of the handheld device 712 for input by the surgeon 720 .
- the inputs can be directly transmitted to the main processor 702 for processing augmentation or editing of the file. This is in addition or alternative to augmenting or editing the file that has been downloaded to the handheld device 712 for re-transmission of the edited pre-operative plan to the service provider 700 .
- the handheld device 712 can be provided or include limited memory and processing capabilities when the pre-operative plan file is only accessed with the handheld 712 and only small amounts of information are transferred, for example, regarding slide bar location and smaller portions of an image file.
- a complete or pre-operative plan is transmitted to the handheld device 712 , processed completely on the handheld device 712 , edited on the handheld device 712 , saved and re-transmitted back to the service provider 700 or the handheld device 712 can only access the pre-operative plan file saved at the main memory 702 and transmit edits to the server.
- Data transmission and processing can also be reduced by limiting or cropping the pre-operative plan data file.
- an image file or image information can include the entire bone or other data saved in the image file.
- the image file can be cropped at the server or at the provider and only a portion of the image file transmitted to the handheld device 712 . This can be done repeatedly for different portions of the image data to allow for smaller file packet size or file size for transmission to the handheld device 712 .
- the cropping and compression of the data file can be done in substantially real-time by the server for a substantially seamless viewing and manipulation by the surgeon.
- the surgeon 720 can review the pre-operative plan block 140 ′, as discussed above, and make a determination of whether the pre-operative plan is acceptable in block 620 ′. As discussed above, if the pre-operative plan is not acceptable, the NO path 622 ′ can be followed to allow for surgeon edits in block 624 ′.
- the pre-operative plan can be determined to be acceptable in block 620 ′ and follow the YES path 626 ′.
- the implant can be designed and an alignment guide can be designed in blocks 150 ′ and 160 ′.
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Description
- This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/872,663 filed on Aug. 31, 2012, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/310,752 filed on Mar. 5, 2010.
- This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/483,807 filed on Jun. 12, 2009, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/371,096 filed on Feb. 13, 2009, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/103,824 filed on Apr. 16, 2008, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/912,178 filed on Apr. 17, 2007.
- This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/081,618 filed on Apr. 7, 2011, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/103,834 filed on Apr. 16, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,967,868 issued on Jun. 28, 2011, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/912,178 filed on Apr. 17, 2007.
- The disclosures of all the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present teachings provide an implant customized for a specific patient based on a plurality of parameters identified during a preoperative planning stage.
- The present teachings provide an orthopedic device that includes a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface. The femoral implant further includes at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient. In one embodiment, the femoral implant includes three patient-specific lengths, three patient specific medial angles and three patient specific lateral angles, wherein the lengths and medial and lateral angles are selected preoperatively based on a three-dimensional image of an anatomy of a patient to match the anatomy of the patient.
- The present teachings provide an orthopedic device manufacturing method. In one embodiment, the method includes preparing a three-dimensional image of a patient's joint, selecting a non-custom implant closely matching the joint, and modifying at least six angles of the implant to be patient-specific. In another embodiment, the method includes preparing a three-dimensional image of a patient's joint, selecting a non-custom femoral implant closely matching the joint, and modifying at least three lengths and six angles of the femoral implant to be patient-specific.
- Further areas of applicability of the present teachings will become apparent from the description provided hereinafter. It should be understood that the description and specific examples are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present teachings.
- The present teachings will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 1A is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 1B is a flowchart of an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 1C is a surgical kit according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 1D is a patient-specific alignment guide according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 1E is a patient-specific alignment guide according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a computer interface for an implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 3 is perspective view of a generic casting of an implant according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 4 is a posterior view of a generic casting according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 4A is a posterior view of a generic casting including a plurality of additional modifiable features according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a generic casting according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 5A is a plan view of a generic casting including a plurality of additional modifiable features according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 5B is a distal view of a three-dimensional image of the patient's distal femur showing planned resection planes according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 5C is a anterior view of a three-dimensional image of the patient's distal femur showing planned resection planes according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 6 is a flow chart for an osteophyte/protrusion removal control method according to the present teachings; -
FIG. 7 is a representative image of a patent's anatomy showing osteophyte/protrusion control tools for modifying the image; -
FIGS. 8 and 9 are representative images of a patent's anatomy showing exemplary osteophyte/protrusion locations; -
FIG. 10 is a representative image of a patent's anatomy showing representative depth control selections for surgeon manipulation; -
FIGS. 11 and 12 are representative images of a patent's anatomy after osteophyte/protrusion removal with exemplary implants attached thereon; -
FIGS. 13A and 13B illustrate a flowchart of a method of implant and guide design; -
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of hardware and a user; and -
FIG. 15 is a plan view of a display of a device. - The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the present teachings, applications, or uses. For example, although some of the present teachings are illustrated for a knee implant, the present teachings can be used for any orthopedic implant.
- The present teachings provide a manufacturing method that integrates patient's anatomic and medical information with interactive participation by a surgeon to select and manufacture an implant and, optionally, related surgical instruments, for a particular patient from generally three options: a custom made implant specific to the patient, an implant that is only partially custom-made or a semi-custom implant, and a standard off-the shelf implant. Similarly, off-the-shelf, custom-made, or semi-custom-made instrumentation (e.g. alignment guides, drill guides, cutting guides or other instruments) can be selected and manufactured, as recommended by the surgeon, for the surgical procedure. All the implant components, alignment guides, and other disposable instruments can be included in a package provided to a surgeon for a specific patient.
- Referring to
FIG. 1 , an exemplary flowchart of an interactive implant manufacturing method according to the present teachings is illustrated. The portion of the patient's anatomy related to the orthopedic procedure and the implant is characterized and detailed at 100. The characterization can be performed with various imaging methods capable of obtaining a representation of the affected anatomy, including, for example, soft and hard tissues. The tissues can include bone, bone joints with or without cartilage, ligaments, or other soft tissue. The imaging methods can include, for example, MRI, CT, ultrasound, radiography or X-ray, cameras and other devices. - The image information for the patient can be obtained at a medical facility or a doctor's office and can be sent to the manufacturer in an electronic and/or digital form contained. The image information can be stored on a physical medium, such as a CD, DVD, flash memory device (e.g. memory stick, compact flash, secure digital card), or other storage device. The information may alternatively, or in addition, be transmitted electronically with the Internet or worldwide web using appropriate transfer protocols. Also, electronic transmissions can include e-mail or other digital transmission to any appropriate type of computer device, smart phone, PDA or other devices in which electronic information can be transmitted.
- Appropriate handheld devices (used as illustrated in
FIG. 13 ), can include handheld mobile device or portable communication devices, such as the iPhone® handheld mobile device sold by Apple Inc., a corporation of California, USA; the LG Shine® handheld mobile device sold by LG Corp. a corporation of REPUBLIC OF KOREA; or the Blackberry Bold® handheld mobile device sold by Research In Motion Limited a corporation of CANADA. The handheld device can be those that are held in the palm of a hand of a user, such as a surgeon (seeFIG. 14 ). The surgeon can then enter data with a stylus, keyboard, touch screen, etc. The handheld device can use local area networks, cell phone networks, or other data transmission systems to communicate with a main memory and processor of a service provider (seeFIG. 14 ). - Appropriate handheld devices can provide access to electronic communication or file transfer protocols, such as internet or electronic mail, to transfer or access information files. The handheld devices can have installed programs that can be used to manipulate the information files, as discussed herein. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the handheld devices can access servers that process data files while receiving input through the handheld devices and displaying images to the surgeon or user via the handheld device. In certain instances, the handheld device may only be a client that does not process and edit a data file of the pre-operative plan.
- With continued reference to
FIG. 1 , at 110, the information collected at 100 can be used to create a three-dimensional model or image of the bone or joint with or without associated soft tissue or related anatomy using commercially available computer modeling software from various vendors or developers, such as, for example, from Materialise USA, Ann Arbor, Mich. The three-dimensional model of the patient's anatomy can be viewed on a computer display or other electronic screen and can also reproduced as a hard copy on film or other medium and viewed by direct or indirect or backlight illumination. The model can be sized for viewing on any appropriate screen size and may be cropped, rotated, etc. as selected by the individual (e.g. the surgeon) viewing the screen. - At 120, soft tissue associated with the affected anatomy can be modified, or removed or repaired, to restore alignment of the joint, for example, or to remove torn or diseased tissue, or to cut or repair ligaments, or to provide natural or artificial ligament grafts. Soft tissue information can be optionally used as an additional design parameter or input for the implant design, at 125. For example, a custom or patient-specific bearing articulation of a knee joint can be designed based on the kinematic profile and the soft tissue/ligament information available for a particular patient. Further, kinematic information for the patient can be obtained by an actual gait analysis of the patient, and can also be obtained by computer modeling software that uses the MRI images of the patient's joints and associated ligaments, muscle or other soft tissue to derive kinematic analysis of the patient and corresponding recommendations for soft tissue modification, such as releasing a ligament, for example. Such software is commercially available from LifeModeler, Inc., of San Clemente, Calif.
- At 130, a preliminary pre-operative plan of the surgical procedure can be prepared for surgeon or other medical user or technician review, including the planning of various bone resections, sizes and types of implants, and various geometric requirements including relevant dimensions, such as height, width, orientation of particular features, etc. The preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can include a recommendation of particular implants and associated instruments to be used in the surgical procedure, as discussed below. The preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be in the form of digital images that can be viewed interactively using a computer modeling software, such as the software referenced above. The preliminary pre-operative plan and any further changes or a finalized pre-operative plan can be a plan devised to obtain a healthy or as close to healthy anatomical orientation after an operative procedure. The healthy anatomy can be based on natural or pre-injury anatomy or mechanically correct or efficient anatomical orientation.
- At 140, the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be submitted to the surgeon (or other user) for review, either electronically or by land mail, and either in digital or hard copy form, as discussed above in connection with transmitting imaging information. In particular, the surgeon can review the resection planes shown in image of the patient's anatomy, make changes in the location, size and orientation of the resection planes and, generally, work interactively until the pre-operative plan from 130 is surgeon-approved. Specifically, the surgeon may approve the image of the patient's anatomy showing corresponding resection planes. As shown in
FIGS. 7 and 8 , the patient'sanatomy 510, as represented in the image, can be, for example, a distal femur with approved resection planes including medial and lateral anterior chamfer planes 513, medial and lateral anterior cut planes 511, medial and lateral posterior chamfer planes 512 and medial and lateral posterior cut planes 514. Following the surgeon's approval of the anatomy and the resection planes at 140, the surgeon is provided with the opportunity to remove one or more osteophytes/protrusions from the image of the patient'sanatomy 510 at surgeon-selected locations and depths at 500 (SeeFIG. 6 ). Removal of such protrusions and smoothening of the joint surface that receives the implant can parallel the intra-operative joint preparation by the surgeon and improve the actual fit of a surgeon-selected implant, whether patient-specific, semi-custom, or off the shelf. - An automated osteophyte/protrusion
removal control module 500 can be incorporated in the planning stage of the manufacturing method illustrated inFIG. 1 . The automated osteophyte/protrusionremoval control module 500 can be provided as a separate pre-operative planning module, as shown inFIG. 6 , or it can be incorporated and/or fully integrated with the manufacturing method illustrated inFIG. 1 . - Certain parts of the bone, including various bone bumps, protrusions, growths and osteophytes can be generally removed from the three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomy before designing a patient-specific implant or semi-custom implant, or before selecting an off the shelf implant. The automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control module can replace a time-consuming and potentially less accurate manual modification of the three-dimensional image to remove such bone growths or osteophytes by an experienced image or CAD technician. The automated osteophyte/protrusion
removal control module 500 can provide more accurate and faster removal of such bone irregularities, which can vary in shape, location and size from patient to patient. It will be appreciated that the osteophyte/protrusionremoval control module 500 can be used for smoothing out a bone surface by removing any type of bone protrusion, including bumps, irregularities and osteophytes. According to the present teachings, osteophytes are illustrated as exemplary, but not exclusive, candidates for complete or partial removal. - Referring to
FIG. 6 , the osteophyte/protrusionremoval control module 500 can start 502 with an input of the three-dimensional image of the patient'sanatomy 510 including resection planes, as shown inFIGS. 7-9 , after review and approval of the resection planes by the surgeon (or other user, including other professionals or technicians) at 140 ofFIG. 1 . In the exemplary illustration ofFIG. 7 , the image of the patient'sanatomy 510 can be analyzed to identify osteophyte/protrusion locations 530 (at 504 ofFIG. 6 ) by determining tissue or bone overhang protruding pastouter edges 532 of the various resection planes, such as the resection planes illustrated at 511, 513, 512 and 514 inFIGS. 7-9 . If such osteophyte/protrusions 530 extend beyond the edges of the resection planes in the direction of the planned or anticipated implant location, the osteophyte/protrusions 530 can interfere with implant fitting. - Referring to
FIGS. 6 , 7 and 10, in addition to identifying the location of osteophytes/protrusions 530, the osteophyte/protrusionremoval control module 500 can provide visual control for the surgeon to select the aggressiveness of osteophyte/protrusion removal, or the degree of smoothening and/or flattening of the corresponding joint anatomy. Specifically, by fine-tuning the osteophyte/protrusion locations, at 506 ofFIG. 6 , the surgeon can control the depth of the osteophyte/protrusion removal in a continuous or discrete manner. In one aspect, alandmark location 540 for each osteophyte/protrusion 530 can be identified and pegged for measuring from and initiating a continuous series of constant orvariable depth contours 542 to aid the surgeon in selecting the depth of osteophyte/protrusion removal. The depth contours can be automatically generated by the computer software that generates a three-dimensional model or image of the anatomy, such as the software commercially available, for example, from Materialise USA, Ann Arbor, Mich. Thelandmark location 540 can be a location of lowest possible depth in the vicinity of the identified osteophyte/protrusion, a minimum, or a valley location, as shown inFIG. 10 . Although thedepth contours 542 are shown as discrete inFIG. 10 , it will be appreciated that a continuous removal control can be provided, such that the surgeon can exercise unlimited choices of depth contours for removal. Thedepth contours 542 can represent curved smoothed-out surfaces under the original osteophyte/protrusion 530 and can be exposed after an overlying area is shaved or peeled in the image of the patient'sanatomy 510 by the operation of graphical or visual removal tools provided on the image of the patient'sanatomy 510. The surgeon or other user can manipulate the graphical removal tools with a user interface, such as a mouse, touch screen, joystick, slide pad, or other user interface. - Referring to
FIG. 7 , various visual removal tools can be provided for on-screen manipulation and control by the surgeon, at 508 ofFIG. 6 . For example, a removal tool corresponding to each edge of a resection plane can be provided and used to visually/graphically remove a portion of an osteophyte/protrusion associated with aparticular edge 532. InFIG. 7 , four suchexemplary removal tools FIG. 7 , the amount removed follows adepth contour 542, as illustrated inFIG. 10 . The removal tools 520 can include avisual indicator 525 that can provide information to the surgeon in the form of a number on a scale indicative of the depth of aggressiveness of osteophyte/protrusion removal. In another aspect, theindicator 525 can provide visual information in terms of variable color in shades gradually changing from minimum depth removal (green, for example) to maximum depth removal (red, for example). - After the surgeon completes the osteophyte/protrusion removal, the surgeon can manipulate and superimpose implant images in relation to the modified patient's
anatomy 510. InFIGS. 11 and 12 , exemplary images of a resectedfemur 510 andtibia 515 referenced relatively to amechanical axis 522 are illustrated. The femur image illustrates the patient'sanatomy 510 after the osteophytes/protrusions 530 shown inFIGS. 8 and 9 have been removed and a femoral implant/component 560 is placed on the resulting smoothed out surface that follows one of thedepth contours 542 shown inFIG. 9 . - Referring to
FIGS. 1 , 1A, and 1B, based on the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan and the patient information, the surgeon can make a recommendation regarding the design of the implant at 150, and any desired associated alignment guides at 160. At 150, the surgeon can recommend a method of designing an implant. Specifically, the surgeon can select one of the following three options: a first option of a custom or patient-specific implant at 170 or a second option of a semi-custom made implant at 180, or a third option of a standard or off-the-shelf implant at 190. The surgeon can also include recommendations and preferences for various custom and non-custom instruments to be used in the procedure at the surgeon review at 140, as well as at the selection and design of implant at 150 and selection and design of alignment guides 160. It will be appreciated that, based on the surgeon's recommendation at 140, the preliminary pre-operative surgical plan can be modified at 130, including all the surgeon's preferences regarding anatomy modification (osteophyte removal, resection planes, etc.), implant design, alignment guide design and selection of various tools and instruments, and then resubmitted to the surgeon for approval. - A custom-made implant is a patient-specific, one of a kind implant specifically made for a particular patient, and consequently there is no inventory associated with such implant. Standard or off-the-shelf-implants are available and stocked in a number of sizes, typically six or more, and a number of configurations or types, including bilateral or unilateral implants, constrained, semi-constrained, mobile, etc. Because of the variety of sizes and configurations that are kept in stock to accommodate different patients, a large inventory of standard implants is created, and several molds for each type and size of implant may be used. As described below in detail, semi-custom implants provide an intermediate solution between custom-made and off-the-shelf implants. Semi-custom implants reduce the size of inventory and molds required for production, while allowing some degree of patient-specific customization.
- Custom or patient-specific implants, when approved by surgeon at 170 for a specific patient, can be manufactured for the patient by rapid prototyping methods, such as stereolithography or other similar methods, or by CNC milling, or other automated or computer-controlled machining, or by robotic methods, at 250. Manufacturing can take place at a manufacturing center or facility in situ or at remote or off-site location. It will be understood that in situ manufacturing is used as a short hand for a manufacturing site of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), but can be physically located at a different facility of the OEM. Off-site or remote manufacturing will be understood to refer to facilities operated by other manufacturers who are contracted by the OEM for manufacturing all or some of the implants, components or parts for the surgical procedure.
- Off-the-shelf implants, when approved by the surgeon a 190, can be manufactured by standard casting methods from bar stock or other stock material at 200, then shaped to a final shape and size by grinding or milling at 210, polished at 220, and then cleaned/passivated at 230. Such off-the-shelf implants can be part of an existing inventory, or mass-produced, or produced by just-in-time agile manufacturing methods.
- Semi-custom implants, when approved by the surgeon at 180, can be made from a generic casting at 240, as described below, or by modifying existing standard implant designs to match various features or parameters based on the anatomy of the patient, as described in co-pending patent application entitled Patient-Modified Implant and Associated Method, Ser. No. 12/103,834, filed on Apr. 16, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. After the generic casting is modified for certain parameters of a patient, it can be processed at aspects 210-230 to a passivated form. Patient-specific parameters can include parameters relating to the size of the implant, including height, width, various articulation parameters or angles, etc., as discussed in specific example below in reference to
FIGS. 3-5 . - The surgeon's review of the surgical plan at 140 may further include, at 160, a request for one or more patient-specific alignment guides to be used with the implant. Patient-specific alignment guides are described in co-pending patent application Ser. No. 11/756,057, filed on May 31, 2007, Ser. No. 11/971,390, filed on Jan. 9, 2008, No. 12/025,414, filed on Feb. 4, 2008, and Ser. No. 12/039,849 filed on Feb. 29, 2008. The alignment guides can be manufactured at 260 with by rapid prototyping methods, such as stereolithography or other similar methods or by CNC milling, or other automated or computer-controlled machining or robotic methods, and cleaned at 270. The alignment guides, the implants and optionally other disposable instruments (at 272) can be packaged and sterilized at 280, and forwarded to the surgeon or the surgeon's medical facility for implantation at 290.
- The methods described in connection with
FIGS. 1A and 1B can be modified to incorporate additional features, as illustrated inFIG. 1C . The additional features can include a preparation of asurgeon kit 1000 at 276 and optionally a tracking procedure in which tracking tags are added at 278 to the various parts that are included in thesurgeon kit 1000. The tracking procedure can be incorporated in the manufacturing, cleaning, sterilizing, assembling and boxing the various components up to implantation and can be maintained, for example through the procedures at 260, 270, 230, 272, 274, 276, 280, and 290, as shown inFIG. 1B . Thesurgeon kit 1000 and can be tracked during assembling/stocking thesurgeon kit 1000 with the various components, and the tagged components can be tracked from manufacture to implant procedure. - Referring to
FIGS. 1B-1E , asurgeon kit 1000 can be generated at 276. Thesurgeon kit 1000 can be designed and assembled during the process described above inFIGS. 1A , 1B and 1C and during the manufacturing of the patient-specific alignment guides and implants. Thesurgeon kit 1000 can be assembled based on surgeon preferences and can include a set of implants, such as, for example, afemoral implant 1050, abearing 1052 and atibial implant 1054, for an exemplary knee replacement procedure, or other implant components depending on the surgical procedure and the surgeon's preference. The implants can be patient-specific, of semi-custom or standard off-the-self as described above. In addition to or instead of the implants, surgeon-selected alignment guides (at 160, 165 and 260), other disposable instruments (at 274) and other reusable instrument (at 274) selected according to the surgeon's preferences can be included in thesurgical kit 1000. In one embodiment, the surgeon kit can include only instruments, such as, for example, alignment guides and other tools, designed to be disposable. - In the exemplary illustration of
FIG. 1C , asurgeon kit 1000 for a knee procedure is shown to include afemoral alignment guide 1010, atibial alignment guide 1018, afemoral drill guide 1012, atibial drill guide 1020, a femoraldistal cutting block 1014, atibial cutting block 1030, a four-in-onefemoral cutting block 1016, atibial template 1022 withalignment rod 1024. The alignment guides are single-use and disposable. The various drill guides and cutting blocks can be re-sterilazable and reusable, although disposable drill guides, cutting blocks and other tools can also be designed. Additionally, a set oftrochar pins 1032 and a set of spring drill pins 1034 can be included. Depending on the surgeon's preferences, varioussurgical blades 1036 can be added and additional medical products, such as, for example,bone cement 1038, or other medical supplies orbiologics 1040. - Referring to
FIGS. 1B-1E , a tracking system can be incorporated with thesurgeon kit 1000.Tracking tags 1110 can be added at 278 optionally to the alignment guides, the implants and/or theentire surgeon kit 1000. The tracking tags 1110 can be simple barcode tags, or other scan readable tags or radio frequency identification (RFID). Thetags 1110 can be added to individual instruments or on the entiresurgical kit 1000, outside the box. The tracking tags can include patient-specific information and/or surgeon information, such as, for example, patient's name, age, gender, procedure to be performed, surgeon's name; clinic or hospital location, etc. - The tracking tags 1110 can be removable. For example, the
tracking tags 1110 can be attached with removable glue sticks or frangible attachments. In one embodiment, thetracking tags 1110 can be incorporated in afrangible extension 1102 of analignment guide 1100, as illustrated inFIGS. 1D-1E . Theexemplary alignment guide 1100 can include abody 1120 having a patient-specific engagement surface 1126 for engaging a complementary surface of the corresponding anatomy of the patient and one ormore alignment formations 1122 defining guiding bores 1124 for guiding alignment or drill pins or other instruments. Theextension 1102 can be prepared or incorporated during the manufacturing process, for example, during the layering process of a rapid prototyping method, and can include apocket 1104 in which atracking tag 1110 is inserted, as part of the layering process. Layering can continue and cover thetracking tag 1110. In another embodiment, theextension 1102 can be a blank of larger dimensions from which thepocket 1104 is machined for thetracking tag 1110. Thetracking tag 1110 can be removed or broken off by the surgeon. Tracking of the patient-specific (and surgeon) information can be provided for the entire manufacturing procedure from start to finish, i.e., from the manufacturing of the tracked components to assembling thesurgeon kit 100 to the implant procedure at the operating theater or site. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , acomputer interface 400 to a computer program for the management of the manufacturing method is illustrated diagrammatically. Anorthopedic system manager 402 can be in the form of software or other computer program associated with the original equipment manufacturer. Theorthopedic system manager 402 can be accessible locally via dedicated computer machines or computer terminal directly communicated with software either by hard wire or wirelessly. Theorthopedic system manager 402 can also be accessible remote remotely via the Internet or other remote communication portals using any electronic or other devices that can connect to the Internet or other web-based network, or other similar communication networks, including cable, satellite and telephone-based networks. - The
system manager 402 can provide access to patient file information, including lists of all current patients at 403, and surgery dates, surgeons, and approval status of the surgical plan for each patient, at 404. Each patient file can include personal and medical information of the patient, such as, for example, weight, height, gender, age, lifestyle, pertinent medical records and medical history, as well as information on patient assessment that includes physical and kinematic evaluation pertaining to the orthopedic procedure at 406, and soft and hard tissue analysis at 408, including information provided ataspects FIG. 1 , as discussed above. Imaging center information for patient scans, as discussed in relation toaspects FIG. 1 , can added or modified at 410, and an imaging center for each specific patient can be specified at 412. Surgeon profiles, including surgeon preferences regarding anatomic axes alignment or implant and instrument preferences that can be taken into account when preparing the preliminary pre-operative plan discussed ataspect 130 ofFIG. 1 , can be created and edited at 414. Information and selection of manufacturing centers can be accessed at 416 for manufacturing the implants and or alignment guides as discussed in relation toaspects FIG. 1 . The preliminary pre-operative surgical plan for each patient can be provided at 418, as discussed above at 140 in reference toFIG. 1 , and e-mailed or otherwise communicated to the patient's surgeon at 420. - As discussed above at
aspects 150 to 190 ofFIG. 1 , one implant option includes manufacturing semi-custom implants by generic casting. Illustrative examples of generic casting of a semi-custom femoral implant/component are shown inFIGS. 3-5 . Ageneric casting 300 of the implant is a casting that is more specialized than ordinary bar stock, from which any size of implant can be made, but less specialized than the off-the-shelf implants that are available in a particular number of sizes, typically six-to ten sizes and are finished from specific castings of those sizes. The generic casting can be made in a size and shape that can accommodate a range of variable features for the implant, and at the same time can be machined to multiple sizes, such as three or four smaller sizes. In contrast, off-the-shelf implants require a mold or casting for each offered size, and a larger inventory of available sizes for each implant component. The generic casting can generally include geometric features which are size/shape and/or patient-independent or universal, and also features that are size/shape or patient-specific, as discussed in the examples below. More particularly, the generic casting can include at least one geometric feature that will remain unchanged for any patient or universal feature, and at least one geometric feature that can be specifically customized for and is specific to a particular patient. Additionally, generic castings can be provided in the same sizes as off-the-shelf components, although generic castings can have different shapes than off-the-shelf components. - Referring to
FIGS. 4 and 5 , an exemplarygeneric casting 300 of a femoral implant is illustrated. In this example, thegeneric casting 300 can have ananterior flange 302 of medial-lateral width W, and/or a height H and/or other geometric dimensions to accommodate multiple sizes of femoral implants. For example, multiple sizes of left-sidedimplants sided implants height markings 330, for example. The implant for a particular patient can be formed from thegeneric casting 300 by selecting particular features, such as the width W or height H, or other geometric features for a particular patient and machining thegeneric casting 300 to provide the size, dimension or shape, or combinations thereof for that particular geometric feature. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , thegeneric casting 300 does not include a patella track feature, but provides an area in which acustom patella track 308 can be machined at a custom angle or custom shape for each specific patient. Thegeneric casting 300 can also include additional material in theintercondylar notch area 310 to allow for custom machining of theintercondylar notch area 310 to accommodate various types of articulation or constraint in relation to a tibial implant, such cams or intercondylar boxes, and other contact areas for articulation with the tibial implant in accordance with a kinematic plan for the joint of the specific patient. Custom shapes of various other portions of the implants can also be prepared for the generic castings. Separate molds for posterior stabilized and cruciate retaining articulations can be made, each mold capable of accommodating multiple sizes of the corresponding implant type. For example, theintercondylar notch area 310 can be machined for line or area contact with the articular surfaces of a tibial implant of various degrees of flexion. Exemplary articulations are disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,283, U.S. Pat. No. 6,413,279, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,223, and in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,765 filed on May 6, 2004, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.Various markings 332 corresponding to different sizes can be provided. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , thegeneric casting 300 can include at least one patient-independent or universal feature, such as, for example,universal cement wells 312 or other universal features. Such universal features can be used with anyinternal geometry 314, which can be machined into thegeneric casting 300 to accommodate the appropriate shape and/or size for a specific patient. - Referring to
FIGS. 3 , 4A, 5A, 5B and 5C, a semi-custom implant (304 a, 304 b, 306 a, 306 b) can also be generated from ageneric casting 300 by customizing a plurality of features based on the patient's anatomy during the pre-operative planning stage in addition to or instead of the parameters discussed above. Thegeneric casting 300 can include a standard, non-custom articulation surfaces for the medial and lateral condyles and an internalbone engagement surface 300 a for engaging the resected femur and including fiveinternal planes FIG. 3 ) corresponding toanterior cut plane 511′,anterior chamfer plane 513′,distal cut plane 517′,posterior chamfer plane 512′ and posterior cutplane 514′ (FIGS. 5B and 5C ). The internalbone engagement surface 300 a and corresponding internal planes of thegeneric casting 300 can correspond to standard, i.e., non-custom, sizes for the femoral implant. By selecting a relatively large number of parameters corresponding to the patient's anatomy, as captured in the three-dimensional image of the corresponding joint portion of the patient, the semi-custom implant can be made to correspond to the patient's anatomy as closely as desired while retaining the internal geometry corresponding to the resection planes in the sagittal view. More specifically, in an exemplary embodiment, at least nine parameters of the implant can be patient-specific, including three lengths and six angles, as discussed below in reference to the preoperative plan for the specific patient and the various planned resection planes. - In an exemplary embodiment of the preoperative plan, an image of the patient's anatomy, i.e. the
distal femur 510′ of the patient indicating the planned cut planes is illustrated inFIGS. 5B and 5C .FIG. 5B represents a distal view of the three-dimensional image of thedistal femur 510′, as reconstructed by MRI, CT or other scans. The planned resections indicated on the image include medial and lateral sides of aposterior chamfer plane 512′, of adistal cut plane 517′, and of ananterior chamfer plane 513′. The most anterior point of the intercondylar notch is indicated by a tangent line at 907.FIG. 5C represents an anterior view of the three-dimensional image of thedistal femur 510′, and illustrates thedistal cut plane 517′,anterior chamfer plane 513′, and ananterior cut plane 511′. The straight edges of the various cut planes are indicated as follows in reference toFIG. 5C : posteriordistal edge 950 is the posterior edge of thedistal cut plane 517′; anteriordistal edge 952 is the anterior edge ofdistal cut plane 517′; distalanterior edge 954 is the distal edge of theanterior cut plane 511′; and proximalanterior edge 956 is the proximal edge of theanterior cut plane 511′.FIG. 5B also illustrates the posteriordistal edge 950, the anteriordistal edge 952, and the distalanterior edge 954. - A representative, but not exhaustive list of patient-specific parameters that can be selected at the preoperative stage for incorporation into the implant design after a particular size implant has been selected is indicated in FIGS. 4A and 5A-C.
- Specifically, a
central plane 800 perpendicular to theepicondylar axis 801 of thedistal femur 510′ can be identified through the center of and orthogonal to the medial-lateral width W of thegeneric casting 300. Thecentral plane 800 can be used as a reference plane for the bone cuts and the various patient-specific parameters to be used in modeling the semi-custom implant. The specified parameters can include, for example, three distances/lengths of the implant and six angles of the implant, each of which can be modified pre-operatively to be patient-specific such that they correspond to conform to the particular patient's anatomy. It will be appreciated that a lesser or greater number of parameters or different parameters can be use to customize and optimize the implant for the patient. The following exemplary parameters are illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 5A-C:medial condyle width 802,lateral condyle width 804,notch height 806, first, second and thirdmedial angles lateral angles - In particular, and referring to
FIGS. 5B and 5C , themedial condyle width 802 is defined as the distance between thecentral plane 800 and the farthest medial point/tangent line 902 (but not part of an osteophyte) on the posteriordistal edge 950. Thelateral condyle width 804 is defined as distance between thecentral plane 800 and the farthest lateral point/tangent 904 on the posterior distal edge 950 (but not part of an osteophyte). Thenotch height 806 defined as the distance along thecentral plane 800 from the posterior cutplane 514′ atedge 906 to the most anterior point/tangent line 907 on the notch (but not part of an osteophyte). The firstmedial angle 808 is defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 908 connecting the medial-most points on the posteriordistal edge 950 and the anteriordistal edge 952. The secondmedial angle 810 is defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 910 connecting the medial-most points on the anteriordistal edge 952 and the distalanterior edge 954. The thirdmedial angle 812 is defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 912 connecting the medial-most points on the distalanterior edge 954 and the proximalanterior edge 956. The firstlateral angle 814 is defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 914 connecting the lateral-most points on the posteriordistal edge 950 and the anteriordistal edge 952. The secondlateral angle 816 is defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 916 connecting the lateral-most points on the anteriordistal edge 952 and the distalanterior edge 954. The thirdlateral angle 818 defined as the angle between thecentral plane 800 and theline 918 connecting the lateral-most points on the distalanterior edge 954 and the proximalanterior edge 956. - Referring to
FIG. 1A , when theabove parameters parameters FIG. 1 . The preoperative planning procedure can proceed as discussed above. - As discussed above, each semi-custom implant has an internal bone engagement geometry including five
planes - It will be appreciated from the above discussion that generic casting can greatly reduce inventory, machining costs and investment in mold tooling, while at the same time accommodating sizes and geometric features specific to a patient. Specifically, each implant type can be formed from a generic casting that can accommodate multiple AP sizes corresponding to medial-lateral widths, such as four sizes, for example. For implants that are available in eight sizes, generic casting can reduce inventory by a half, using two molds total for eight sizes. Further, additional reductions in inventory can be obtained by combining right and left side implants into a single generic casting, as discussed above in relation to
FIG. 4 . Thus, generic castings reduce side-specific castings and also allow for various custom shapes and features. - The process can then be followed as illustrated in
FIGS. 13A and 13B as discussed above in relation toFIG. 1 . The blocks inFIGS. 13A and 13B that are illustrated with the same reference numerals as inFIG. 1 , but augmented with a prime are not discussed in further detail, but are discussed above inFIG. 1 and include substantially similar processes. In addition to the various applications discussed above, input from a surgeon or other appropriate user can be provided with a handheld device, as discussed above. As illustrated inFIGS. 13A and B, a handheld device can be used by the surgeon to review the pre-operative plan at 140′. It will be understood, however, that the process for providing a selected implant and tools can be similar to that discussed above, for example, with reference toFIG. 1 - With reference to
FIG. 14 , a schematic diagram illustrating main or exemplary hardware components for the process illustrated inFIGS. 13A and 13B is illustrated. The pre-operative plan or preliminary pre-operative plan fromblock service provider 700. Theservice provider 700 can own, operate, manage, or the like amain processor 702 and amain memory 704. The main processor andmain memory service provider 700, in communication with theservice provider 700, or otherwise controlled, maintained, or used by theservice provider 700. Further, the main processor andmain memory main processor 702 can process or execute a program, such as a program to develop the pre-operative plan, accept inputs from the surgeon, and augment or generate the final pre-operative plan. In addition, themain processor 702 can also be used to design and output the implant and alignment guide inblocks - As discussed above, and further herein, the pre-operative plan can be delivered or accessed by the surgeon via notification or surgeon access in
block 600′, 602′. The access or delivery of the pre-op plan can be via an internet or worldwide web connection 706 that uses afirst communication method 708 from theservice provider 700 and asecond communication method 710 to ahandheld device 712. It will be understood that the first andsecond communication method first communication line 716 can transmit a communication through the mobile phone connection system 714. It will be understood that the service provider can communicate directly with the mobile phone connection system 714 viaconnection 716 or through anindirect connection 716′, such as an internet connection. Asecond communication line 718 can be used by asurgeon 720 with thehandheld device 712. Again, it will be understood, that the first andsecond communication system desktop computer 722 can be in communication with a system, such as the internet 706 via afirst communication system 724 and thehandheld device 712 can be interconnected with thecomputer 722 via asecond communication system 726. Again, the first andsecond communication system - With further reference to
FIGS. 13A , 13B, and 14, the pre-operative plan fromblock 130′ can be delivered to a surgeon or accessed by a surgeon in any appropriate manner, such as via the internet 706 or cell communication 714. The pre-operative plan can be the preliminary pre-operative plan as discussed above. The pre-operative plan can include or be saved as a data file, in themain memory 704 associated with themain processor 702 of theservice provider 700, of an appropriate type including image data, patient data, resection area data, etc. The pre-operative plan can be generated and stored by theservice provider 700. Theservice provider 700 can be any appropriate service, such as an implant and/or guide manufacturer or specification producer. A specification producer can be a service that provides specifications for an implant or guide to a manufacturer for production. - The
service provider 700 can notify thesurgeon 720 or user that the preliminary pre-operative plan is ready for review inblock 600′. The notification that the pre-operative plan is prepared can be performed in any appropriate manner. For example, an electronic mail notification can be sent to thesurgeon 720, a text message can be sent to thesurgeon 720, a telephone call can be made to thesurgeon 720 via landline or a wireless connection, as illustrated inFIG. 14 . Regardless, the surgeon can be notified that the pre-operative plan is ready for review inblock 600 through the use of themobile device 712. - Once the
surgeon 720 is notified that the pre-operative plan is ready for review, thesurgeon 720 can access the pre-operative plan inblock 602′. The surgeon can access the pre-operative plan in one or a plurality of ways inblock 140′. For example, thesurgeon 720 can download the pre-operative plan to the handheld device inblock 604′. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, thesurgeon 720 can access the main processor/memory main memory 704 inblock 606′ with thehandheld device 712. It will be further understood that thesurgeon 720 may also access the plan with the computer or terminal 722 by downloading the pre-operative plan data file to thecomputer 722 on which appropriate software is installed to access the pre-operative plan. Thesurgeon 720 may also view a printout of the pre-operative plan for manipulating or commenting on the pre-operative plan, or any other appropriate manner. - If the
surgeon 720 downloads the file to thehandheld device 712, the file can be downloaded to thehandheld device 712 using any appropriate transfer protocol or communication system, as illustrated inFIG. 14 . For example, thehandheld device 712 can be connected to thecomputer 722 through an appropriate communications cable orprotocol 726, such as Bluetooth®, a wireless communication protocol or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable. Once the file is downloaded to thehandheld device 712, a program on thehandheld device 712 can execute or read the file and display images for thesurgeon 720. Thesurgeon 720 can then review the plan inblock 140′. For example, as illustrated inFIG. 7 , a view of a bone to be resected can be displayed along with the slider bars 520 for allowing editing or augmentation of the pre-operative plan by the surgeon. - The view of the images, including the slider bars 520, can be augmented for the
handheld device 712. For example, a cropped and zoomed image may only include a portion of the bone or region to be cut or resected for viewing by the surgeon. For example, as illustrated inFIG. 15 , thehandheld device 712 can include aview screen 740 that displays an image of the bone to be resected, but only includes a portion thereof, such as a lateral portion of a distal femur. The zoomed and cropped image can include fewer than all of the slide bars 520, such as only the slide bars 520′c and 520′d. The slide bars 520′c and 520′d can be illustrated and accessed by the surgeon to change data in the file for creation of appropriate instruments and implants for the specific patient or for augmentation of semi-custom or selection of an off-the-shelf instrument and implant. - The
surgeon 720 can access or change the pre-operative plan file using the slide bars 520′c and 520′d through any appropriate access or manipulation process. For example, thescreen 740 of thehandheld device 712 can be a touch screen. Accordingly, thesurgeon 720 can touch the screen with a finger or stylus to move the slider ormarker portion 525 on the slider bars 520′c and 520′d. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, a trackball orother pointer device 742 can be provided to access and move the slider bars 520′c and 520′d. It will be understood that thehandheld device 712 can have any appropriate input devices, such as an external or connected input devices, that can be mapped for appropriate command inputs into the system for augmenting the pre-operative plan file. The changes, if made by the surgeon, can then be saved to the pre-operative plan file to generate an edited pre-operative plan file. - If the
surgeon 720, after review of the pre-operative plan inblock 140′, finds the plan to be unacceptable inblock 620′, the NOpath 622′ can be followed for thesurgeon 720 to edit the plan inblock 624′. Thesurgeon 720 can edit the plan inblock 624 in any appropriate manner, such as by moving the slider bars 520′c and 520′d, or any other appropriate slider bars. Alternatively, thesurgeon 720 can edit the pre-operative plan in any appropriate manner, including those discussed above. Moreover, thesurgeon 720 can input changes into the pre-operative plan using any appropriate input portion, such as touching thescreen 740. It will be understood, that the pre-operative plan file that is downloaded to thehandheld device 712 can then be saved with the edits as the edited pre-operative plan and transmitted to theservice provider 700 for appropriate edits to be re-reviewed or finalized, as discussed above. It will be understood, however, that thehandheld device 712, which can include the appropriate program, can save the file in the appropriate format and transmit it back to theservice provider 700. - Alternatively, or in addition to downloading the pre-operative plan file, the
handheld device 712 can access the pre-operative plan which is stored in themain storage 704 associated with the service provider inblock 606 and separate from thehandheld device 712. If thehandheld device 712 accesses the pre-operative plan on the main processor,memory handheld device 712 need only display an image representing a portion of the file on thedisplay screen 740. That is, the pre-operative plan and any edits or processing made to the pre-operative plan can be done solely or substantially by themain processor 702 that executes a program to manipulate and display the file. Themain processor 702 and themain memory 704 need not be physically near or connected to thehandheld device 712. - The
handheld device 712 can be provided to display the image, such as an image of the bone for resection, for thesurgeon 720. Therefore, thehandheld device 712 may not be required to process the pre-operative plan file from theservice provider 700, but only be provided to display the pre-operative plan file and receive and transmit input from thesurgeon 720. Accordingly, even if the pre-operative plan is accessed from the service provider inblock 606, the slide bars 520′c and 520′d can be displayed on thedisplay 742 of thehandheld device 712 for input by thesurgeon 720. The inputs, however, can be directly transmitted to themain processor 702 for processing augmentation or editing of the file. This is in addition or alternative to augmenting or editing the file that has been downloaded to thehandheld device 712 for re-transmission of the edited pre-operative plan to theservice provider 700. - By only or substantially accessing the pre-operative plan file from the main processor/
memory main memory 704 orprovider 700 to thehandheld device 712 of thesurgeon 720. Decreased data transmission can provide increased speed and decreased data usage costs or bottlenecks in a system. In addition, thehandheld device 712 can be provided or include limited memory and processing capabilities when the pre-operative plan file is only accessed with the handheld 712 and only small amounts of information are transferred, for example, regarding slide bar location and smaller portions of an image file. Accordingly, it can be provided, that a complete or pre-operative plan is transmitted to thehandheld device 712, processed completely on thehandheld device 712, edited on thehandheld device 712, saved and re-transmitted back to theservice provider 700 or thehandheld device 712 can only access the pre-operative plan file saved at themain memory 702 and transmit edits to the server. - Data transmission and processing can also be reduced by limiting or cropping the pre-operative plan data file. For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 15 , only a lateral and distal portion of the bone is illustrated on the display device ordisplay screen 740 of thehandheld device 712. It will be understood that an image file or image information can include the entire bone or other data saved in the image file. Accordingly, the image file can be cropped at the server or at the provider and only a portion of the image file transmitted to thehandheld device 712. This can be done repeatedly for different portions of the image data to allow for smaller file packet size or file size for transmission to thehandheld device 712. The cropping and compression of the data file can be done in substantially real-time by the server for a substantially seamless viewing and manipulation by the surgeon. - Even if the
surgeon 720 accesses the data file on themain memory 704, thesurgeon 720 can review thepre-operative plan block 140′, as discussed above, and make a determination of whether the pre-operative plan is acceptable inblock 620′. As discussed above, if the pre-operative plan is not acceptable, the NOpath 622′ can be followed to allow for surgeon edits inblock 624′. - Further, regardless of the method of review of the pre-operative plan in
block 140′, the pre-operative plan can be determined to be acceptable inblock 620′ and follow theYES path 626′. When following theYES path 626′, the implant can be designed and an alignment guide can be designed inblocks 150′ and 160′. - The foregoing discussion discloses and describes merely exemplary arrangements of the present teachings. Furthermore, the mixing and matching of features, elements and/or functions between various embodiments is expressly contemplated herein, so that one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate from this disclosure that features, elements and/or functions of one embodiment may be incorporated into another embodiment as appropriate, unless described otherwise above. Moreover, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from such discussion, and from the accompanying drawings and claims, that various changes, modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present teachings as defined in the following claims.
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