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- the present disclosure relates to methods for determining an optimal fit of a prosthesis on a resected bone surface.
- a typical total knee prosthesis has three main components: a femoral component for replacing at least a portion of the distal end of the femur, a tibial component for replacing at least a portion of the proximal end of the tibia, and a bearing insert for replacing at least a portion of the articulating tissue between the femur and the tibia.
- Procedures for implanting a total knee prosthesis typically involve preparing and reshaping; both the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia prior to implanting the prosthetic components.
- the amount of bone removed may be partially determined by the size and type of prosthetic components to be implanted.
- the size of prosthetic components may be initially determined by measurements taken of the knee prior to and during surgery, and the final determination of size may be made after taking measurements and trialing a provisional prosthesis during the procedure.
- the present disclosure provides methods for predetermining a contour of a. resected bone surface and assessing a fit of a prosthesis on the resected hone surface.
- the present disclosure also provides methods for designing prostheses to tit discrete patient populations as well as methods for designing customized prostheses.
- the present disclosure provides a method of virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the method including the steps of creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; creating a two-dimensional outline of a first prosthesis; and comparing the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
- the present disclosure provides an apparatus for virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the apparatus including a first computer adapted to create a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; a second computer for creating a two-dimensional outline of a first prosthesis; and a third computer for comparing the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
- the present disclosure pro-ides a method of designing a prosthesis to substantially fit a resected bone surface based on a population of bones, the method including the steps of creating a plurality of two-dimensional outlines corresponding to each resected bone surface for each bone of the population; and determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the plurality of two-dimensional outlines, wherein the contour substantially matches the plurality of two-dimensional outlines of the resected bone surfaces.
- the present disclosure provides an apparatus for designing a prosthesis to substantially fit a resected bone surface based on a population of bones, the apparatus including a first computer for creating a plurality of two-dimensional outlines corresponding to each resected bone surface for each bone of the population; and a second computer for determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis which substantially matches the plurality of two-dimensional outlines of the resected bone surfaces.
- the present disclosure provides a method of creating a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the method including the steps of creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; and determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
- the present disclosure provides an apparatus for creating a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the apparatus including a first computer for creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; and a second computer for determining a contour of a. bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a digital model of the distal end of a femur including a virtual resection according to an exemplary method of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the digital model of FIG. 1 , further illustrating the vertices of the virtual resection;
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the two-dimensional outline of the femoral resection of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 a perspective view of an exemplary distal femoral prosthesis which may be used in an exemplary method of the present disclosure
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the prosthesis of FIG. 4 , further illustrating the step of virtually unfolding the prosthesis;
- FIG. 6 is a top view of the two-dimensional outline of the prosthesis of FIG. 4 after the unfolding step of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 7 is an illustration of another step of the method of the present disclosure wherein outlines of several exemplary prostheses are compared with outlines of several virtually resected exemplary lemurs;
- FIG. 8 is another illustration of the step shown in FIG. 7 .
- the present disclosure may include references to the following terms: anterior (at or near the front of the body, as opposed to the back of the body); posterior back of the body, as opposed to the front of the body); lateral (at or near the side of the body, farther from the midsagittal plane, as opposed to medial); medial (at or near the middle of the body, at or near the midsagittal plane, as opposed to lateral); proximal (toward the beginning, at or near the head of the body as opposed to distal); and distal(further from the beginning, at or near the foot of the body, as opposed to proximal).
- an exemplary method of the present disclosure may he used to determine how a femoral prosthesis will fit on the distal end of a femur, i.e., to assess whether a prosthesis is of the right size and shape for the distal end of the femur and whether the prosthesis suitably conforms thereto.
- the method generally includes the steps of obtaining a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a bone based on an acquired image of the bone, virtually resecting the 3-D model of the bone, i.e., creating or simulating a resection of the bone within a computer or other intelligent processing device, preparing a bone profile of the virtual resection, creating a two-dimensional (2-D) outline or footprint of the resection from the bone profile, preparing a prosthesis profile, creating a 2-D outline or footprint from the prosthesis profile, and comparing the 2-D outlines of the bone profile and the prosthesis profile to assess or determine the fit of the prosthesis with the bone.
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- 3-D digital model 10 of an exemplary femur F is illustrated.
- Digital model 10 may be obtained by obtaining a computed tomography (“CT”) scan of a femur to produce a 3-D image of the femur and converting the 3-D image to digital model 10 .
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- the conversion of the 3-D CT scan image to 3-D digital model 10 may be performed using any suitable modeling software including, for example, Amira®, available from Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., of Chelmsford, Mass.
- Digital model 10 may include femur F having distal end F d .
- a virtual resection of distal end F d of model femur F is performed. Similar to the resection performed in actual knee arthroplasty (procedures, the virtual resection involves defining femoral cut planes 12 a - 12 e on distal end F d of model femur F. Femoral cut planes 12 a - 12 e are calculated using an algorithm of the software.
- the algorithm calculates femoral cut planes 12 a - 12 e based on a proposed, exemplary femoral prosthesis and the known surgical technique specified for the proposed.
- femoral prosthesis More particularly, distal end F d of model femur F .may be preliminarily measured based on the known surgical technique and using the software described above. The resulting measurements are used to preliminarily select a femoral prosthesis size and type.
- Resection of distal end F d of model femur F is determined by the selected femoral prosthesis and involves resecting distal end F d of femur F to complement and receive the prosthesis, For example, as shown in FIG.
- model femoral prosthesis 20 may be preliminarily selected, Femoral prosthesis 20 is a cruciate-retaining femoral prosthetic component having bone engaging surface 22 , Bone engaging surface 22 includes a plurality of intersecting planar surfaces, including anterior surface 22 a, distal surface 22 b, posterior surface 22 c, anterior chamfer surface 22 d, and posterior chamfer surface 22 e. Accordingly, as shown in FIG.
- the virtual resection of distal end F d of model femur F includes defining a plurality of intersecting cut planes 12 a - 12 e including anterior cut plane 12 a , distal cut plane 12 b , posterior cut plane 12 c , anterior chamfer cut plane 12 d , and posterior chamfer cut plane 12 e , which correspond to the plurality of intersecting planar surfaces 22 a - 22 e of model prosthesis 20 ( FIG. 4 ). As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 , cut planes 12 a - 12 e intersect one another at femoral cut plane vertices 14 a - 14 d .
- anterior cut plane 12 a intersects anterior chamfer cut plane 12 d at vertex 14 a .
- Anterior chamfer cut plane 12 d intersects distal cut plane 12 b at vertex 14 b .
- Distal cut plane 12 b intersects posterior chamfer cut plane 12 e at vertex 14 c .
- Posterior chamfer cut plane 12 e intersects posterior cut plane 12 c at vertex 14 d.
- femoral profile 16 shown as a dotted line, of the virtually resected model femur F is prepared by outlining cut planes 12 a - 12 e extending between cut plane vertices 14 a - 14 d .
- Two-dimensional outline or footprint 18 of the resected surface of model femur F is then obtained, as shown in FIG. 3 , by unfolding or bending profile 16 at cut plane vertices 14 a - 14 d until cut planes 12 a - 12 e are aligned in a single plane.
- the suitable software mentioned above may be used to manipulate profile 16 to create two-dimensional outline 18 .
- model prosthesis 20 includes bone engaging surface 22 ., which includes anterior planar surface 22 a , distal planar surface 22 b , posterior planar surface 22 c , anterior chamfer planar surface 22 d , and posterior chamfer planar surface 22 e .
- Planar surfaces 22 a - 22 e intersect one another at prosthesis vertices 24 a - 24 d .
- anterior planar surface 22 a intersects anterior chamfer surface 22 d at vertex 24 a .
- Anterior chamfer surface 22 d intersects distal planar surface 22 b at vertex 24 b .
- Distal planar surface 22 b intersects posterior chamfer surface 22 e at vertex 24 c
- posterior chamfer surface 22 e intersects postc.'xior surface 22 c at vertex 24 d .
- prosthesis profile 25 of model prosthesis 20 is prepared by outlining the perimeter of intersecting planar surfaces 22 a - 22 e between prosthesis vertices 24 a - 24 d.
- Prosthesis profile 25 is represented by the heavy dashed line extending about the perimeter of model prosthesis 20 .
- two-dimensional outline or footprint 26 of prosthesis profile 25 is created by using the suitable software to unfold or bend profile 25 at vertices 24 a - 24 d until planar surfaces 22 a - 22 e are aligned within a single plane.
- Prosthesis outline 26 may be visually compared with femur outline 18 to determine and assess whether model prosthesis 20 is a suitable fit for model femur 10 .
- a surgeon may compare outline 26 with outline 18 and determine whether prosthesis 20 corresponding to outline 26 is an acceptable prosthesis to use for femur F.
- Prosthesis outline 26 may be compared with femur outline 18 by superimposing one atop the other and observing the overlapping shapes and the differences therebetween.
- quantitative analysis may be made of outlines 26 and 18 . For instance, measurements of outlines 26 and 18 may be taken and the suitable software can calculate deviations between the measurements.
- width measurements of outlines 26 and 18 at the intersections of each planar surface may be taken and/or at midpoints of each planar surface between such intersections with other planar surfaces. Any deviations between outlines 26 and 18 may then be used to calculate proposed changes in prosthesis 20 to thereby reshape prosthesis 20 to minimize the deviations. Alternatively, any deviations between outlines 26 and 18 may prompt a user to select a different prosthesis 20 and perform the same analysis to assess the tit of the second prosthesis 20 on model femur 10 , i.e., if a surgeon decides that outline 26 of a first prosthesis 20 is unacceptable for femur F, then the surgeon then compares the outline 26 of another prosthesis 20 until an acceptable prosthesis is identified.
- the method described above has several useful, practical applications.
- the method described above may be used to develop new and improved existing prosthesis designs. It is contemplated that this method may be used to survey a large population of subjects to develop statistics and identify trends in bone shapes, and to adapt prosthesis sizes and shapes accordingly. More specifically, two-dimensional footprints of virtually resected bones of a large population of patients may be obtained and compared to two-dimensional footprints of numerous available prostheses.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate an exemplary application of the methods of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7 illustrates femur footprints or outlines 18 a - 18 d, shown as dotted lines, taken from a virtually resected model of a lemur of four different subjects compared with footprints or outlines 26 a - 26 c , shown in solid lines, taken from three different models of available prostheses.
- FIG. 8 illustrates the same footprints 18 a - 18 d, 26 a - 26 c .
- the comparison shown in FIGS, 7 and 8 demonstrates that the prosthesis yielding footprint 26 a is larger in width W ( FIG. 6 ) than the virtually resected bones yielding footprints 18 b - 18 d.
- outlines 18 a - 18 d may be used to design or create a prosthesis which substantially matches at least some of outlines 18 a - 18 d.
- a prosthesis may be created or designed which is a best fit approximation to a plurality of outlines 18 which may be based on a specific patient population, such as the female population.
- a method of the present disclosure may be performed on the femurs of a large population of women to obtain medial/lateral and. anterior/posterior dimensions of the femurs and calculate ratios between the medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions. These dimensions and calculations may be used in designing femoral components for use on female anatomy. In another exemplary embodiment, a method of the present disclosure may also be used to obtain medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions of existing femoral components and calculate ratios between the medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions of the femoral components.
- the dimensions and calculated ratios may then be used to compare existing femoral components to the dimensions and calculated ratios of the femurs of women to identify potential areas of the femoral component where fit can be optimized.
- Such a comparison is fully described in US. patent application Ser. No. 11/611,021, entitled DISTAL FEMORAL KNIFE PROSTHESES, assigned to the assignee of the present application the disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
- the same type of process may be performed tor other populations, such as a population of males, various ethnic populations, populations based on age, stature-based populations, and/or populations based on disease progression or disease status.
- the method described above may be used in guiding the design and manufacture of custom prostheses. For instance, a patient's femur may be modeled, virtually resected and footprinted as described above. The footprint could then be used as the footprint for forming a prosthesis.
- the methods of the present invention may be applied to any bone and any prosthesis.
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Methods for predetermining a contour of a resected bone surface and assessing a fit of a prosthesis on the resected bone surface, for designing prostheses to fit discrete patient populations, and for designing customized prostheses.
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- The present application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/685,906, docket ZIM0317-01, titled METHODS OF PREDETERMINING THE CONTOUR OF A RESECTED BONE SURFACE AND ASSESSING THE FIT OF A PROSTHESIS ON THE BONE, which claims the benefit under Title 35, U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/783,630, entitled METHODS OF PREDETERMINING THE CONTOUR OF A RESECTED BONE AND THE FIT OF AN IMPLANT ON THE BONE, filed Mar. 17, 2006, the disclosures of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure relates to methods for determining an optimal fit of a prosthesis on a resected bone surface.
- Orthopaedic procedures for the replacement of all, or a portion of, a patient's joint typically require resecting and reshaping of the bones of the joint to receive prosthetic components. For example, a typical total knee prosthesis has three main components: a femoral component for replacing at least a portion of the distal end of the femur, a tibial component for replacing at least a portion of the proximal end of the tibia, and a bearing insert for replacing at least a portion of the articulating tissue between the femur and the tibia. Procedures for implanting a total knee prosthesis typically involve preparing and reshaping; both the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia prior to implanting the prosthetic components. The amount of bone removed may be partially determined by the size and type of prosthetic components to be implanted. The size of prosthetic components may be initially determined by measurements taken of the knee prior to and during surgery, and the final determination of size may be made after taking measurements and trialing a provisional prosthesis during the procedure.
- The present disclosure provides methods for predetermining a contour of a. resected bone surface and assessing a fit of a prosthesis on the resected hone surface. The present disclosure also provides methods for designing prostheses to tit discrete patient populations as well as methods for designing customized prostheses.
- In one form thereof, the present disclosure provides a method of virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the method including the steps of creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; creating a two-dimensional outline of a first prosthesis; and comparing the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
- In another form thereof, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the apparatus including a first computer adapted to create a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; a second computer for creating a two-dimensional outline of a first prosthesis; and a third computer for comparing the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
- In yet another firm thereof, the present disclosure pro-ides a method of designing a prosthesis to substantially fit a resected bone surface based on a population of bones, the method including the steps of creating a plurality of two-dimensional outlines corresponding to each resected bone surface for each bone of the population; and determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the plurality of two-dimensional outlines, wherein the contour substantially matches the plurality of two-dimensional outlines of the resected bone surfaces.
- In still another form thereof, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for designing a prosthesis to substantially fit a resected bone surface based on a population of bones, the apparatus including a first computer for creating a plurality of two-dimensional outlines corresponding to each resected bone surface for each bone of the population; and a second computer for determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis which substantially matches the plurality of two-dimensional outlines of the resected bone surfaces.
- In one form thereof, the present disclosure provides a method of creating a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the method including the steps of creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; and determining a contour of a bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
- In another form thereof, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for creating a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the apparatus including a first computer for creating a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface; and a second computer for determining a contour of a. bone engaging surface of a prosthesis using the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
- The above mentioned and other features of the disclosure, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments of the disclosure taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a digital model of the distal end of a femur including a virtual resection according to an exemplary method of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the digital model ofFIG. 1 , further illustrating the vertices of the virtual resection; -
FIG. 3 is a top view of the two-dimensional outline of the femoral resection ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 a perspective view of an exemplary distal femoral prosthesis which may be used in an exemplary method of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the prosthesis ofFIG. 4 , further illustrating the step of virtually unfolding the prosthesis; -
FIG. 6 is a top view of the two-dimensional outline of the prosthesis ofFIG. 4 after the unfolding step ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 7 is an illustration of another step of the method of the present disclosure wherein outlines of several exemplary prostheses are compared with outlines of several virtually resected exemplary lemurs; and -
FIG. 8 is another illustration of the step shown inFIG. 7 . - Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Although the drawings represent embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings are not necessarily to scale and certain features may be exaggerated in order to better illustrate and explain the present disclosure. Although the exemplifications set out herein illustrate embodiments of the disclosure, the embodiments disclosed below are not intended to be exhaustive or to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention to the precise forms disclosed.
- The present disclosure may include references to the following terms: anterior (at or near the front of the body, as opposed to the back of the body); posterior back of the body, as opposed to the front of the body); lateral (at or near the side of the body, farther from the midsagittal plane, as opposed to medial); medial (at or near the middle of the body, at or near the midsagittal plane, as opposed to lateral); proximal (toward the beginning, at or near the head of the body as opposed to distal); and distal(further from the beginning, at or near the foot of the body, as opposed to proximal).
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FIGS. 1-8 , an exemplary method of the present disclosure may he used to determine how a femoral prosthesis will fit on the distal end of a femur, i.e., to assess whether a prosthesis is of the right size and shape for the distal end of the femur and whether the prosthesis suitably conforms thereto. The method generally includes the steps of obtaining a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a bone based on an acquired image of the bone, virtually resecting the 3-D model of the bone, i.e., creating or simulating a resection of the bone within a computer or other intelligent processing device, preparing a bone profile of the virtual resection, creating a two-dimensional (2-D) outline or footprint of the resection from the bone profile, preparing a prosthesis profile, creating a 2-D outline or footprint from the prosthesis profile, and comparing the 2-D outlines of the bone profile and the prosthesis profile to assess or determine the fit of the prosthesis with the bone. - More particularly, referring to
FIG. 1 , 3-D digital model 10 of an exemplary femur F is illustrated. Digital model 10 may be obtained by obtaining a computed tomography (“CT”) scan of a femur to produce a 3-D image of the femur and converting the 3-D image to digital model 10. The conversion of the 3-D CT scan image to 3-D digital model 10 may be performed using any suitable modeling software including, for example, Amira®, available from Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., of Chelmsford, Mass.. Digital model 10 may include femur F having distal end Fd. - Referring still to
FIG. 1 using suitable software such as M.ATLAB®, available from The MathWorks, of Natick, Mass., and Unigraphics®, available from UGS Corp., of Plano, Tex., a virtual resection of distal end Fd of model femur F is performed. Similar to the resection performed in actual knee arthroplasty (procedures, the virtual resection involves defining femoral cut planes 12 a-12 e on distal end Fd of model femur F. Femoral cut planes 12 a-12 e are calculated using an algorithm of the software. The algorithm calculates femoral cut planes 12 a-12 e based on a proposed, exemplary femoral prosthesis and the known surgical technique specified for the proposed. femoral prosthesis More particularly, distal end Fd of model femur F .may be preliminarily measured based on the known surgical technique and using the software described above. The resulting measurements are used to preliminarily select a femoral prosthesis size and type. Resection of distal end Fd of model femur F is determined by the selected femoral prosthesis and involves resecting distal end Fd of femur F to complement and receive the prosthesis, For example, as shown inFIG. 4 , modelfemoral prosthesis 20 may be preliminarily selected,Femoral prosthesis 20 is a cruciate-retaining femoral prosthetic component having boneengaging surface 22, Boneengaging surface 22 includes a plurality of intersecting planar surfaces, includinganterior surface 22 a,distal surface 22 b,posterior surface 22 c,anterior chamfer surface 22 d, andposterior chamfer surface 22 e. Accordingly, as shown inFIG. 1 , the virtual resection of distal end Fd of model femur F includes defining a plurality of intersecting cut planes 12 a-12 e includinganterior cut plane 12 a,distal cut plane 12 b,posterior cut plane 12 c, anteriorchamfer cut plane 12 d, and posteriorchamfer cut plane 12 e, which correspond to the plurality of intersectingplanar surfaces 22 a-22 e of model prosthesis 20 (FIG. 4 ). As illustrated inFIGS. 2 and 3 , cut planes 12 a-12 e intersect one another at femoral cut plane vertices 14 a-14 d. More particularly,anterior cut plane 12 a intersects anteriorchamfer cut plane 12 d atvertex 14 a. Anteriorchamfer cut plane 12 d intersectsdistal cut plane 12 b atvertex 14 b.Distal cut plane 12 b intersects posteriorchamfer cut plane 12 e atvertex 14 c. Posteriorchamfer cut plane 12 e intersectsposterior cut plane 12 c atvertex 14 d. - Referring still to
FIGS. 1 and 2 ,femoral profile 16, shown as a dotted line, of the virtually resected model femur F is prepared by outlining cut planes 12 a-12 e extending between cut plane vertices 14 a-14 d. Two-dimensional outline orfootprint 18 of the resected surface of model femur F is then obtained, as shown inFIG. 3 , by unfolding orbending profile 16 at cut plane vertices 14 a-14 d until cut planes 12 a-12 e are aligned in a single plane. The suitable software mentioned above may be used to manipulateprofile 16 to create two-dimensional outline 18. - Referring now to
FIGS. 4-6 , two-dimensional outline orfootprint 26 of proposedprosthesis 20 may be made using a process similar to that described above for outline orfootprint 18 offemoral profile 16. More particularly, 3-Ddigital model 20 of a femoral prosthesis may be obtained using any known method and any suitable software, including those described above. As discussed above,model prosthesis 20 includes bone engaging surface 22., which includes anteriorplanar surface 22 a, distalplanar surface 22 b, posteriorplanar surface 22 c, anterior chamferplanar surface 22 d, and posterior chamferplanar surface 22 e.Planar surfaces 22 a-22 e intersect one another at prosthesis vertices 24 a-24 d. More particularly, anteriorplanar surface 22 a intersectsanterior chamfer surface 22 d atvertex 24 a.Anterior chamfer surface 22 d intersects distalplanar surface 22b at vertex 24 b. Distalplanar surface 22 b intersectsposterior chamfer surface 22 e atvertex 24 c, andposterior chamfer surface 22 e intersects postc.'xior surface 22 c atvertex 24 d. Anteriorplanar surface 22 a ofprosthesis 20 corresponds to anterior cutplane 12 a of femur F;anterior chamfer surface 22 d ofprosthesis 20 corresponds to anterior chamfer cutplane 12 d of femur F; distalplanar surface 22 b ofprosthesis 20 corresponds todistal cut plane 12 b of femur F;posterior chamfer surface 22 e ofprosthesis 20 corresponds to posterior chamfer cutplane 12 e of femur F;posterior surface 22 c ofprosthesis 20 corresponds to posterior cutplane 12 c of femur F;vertex 24 a ofprosthesis 20 corresponds tovertex 14 a of femur F;vertex 24 b ofprosthesis 20 corresponds tovertex 14 b of femur IF;vertex 24 c ofprosthesis 20 corresponds tovertex 14 c of femur F; andvertex 24 d ofprosthesis 20 corresponds tovertex 14 d of femur F. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , prosthesis profile 25 ofmodel prosthesis 20 is prepared by outlining the perimeter of intersectingplanar surfaces 22 a-22 e between prosthesis vertices 24 a-24 d. Prosthesis profile 25 is represented by the heavy dashed line extending about the perimeter ofmodel prosthesis 20. Turning to FIGS, 5 and 6, two-dimensional outline orfootprint 26 of prosthesis profile 25 is created by using the suitable software to unfold or bend profile 25 at vertices 24 a-24 d untilplanar surfaces 22 a-22 e are aligned within a single plane. -
Prosthesis outline 26 may be visually compared withfemur outline 18 to determine and assess whethermodel prosthesis 20 is a suitable fit for model femur 10. Thus, a surgeon may compareoutline 26 withoutline 18 and determine whetherprosthesis 20 corresponding to outline 26 is an acceptable prosthesis to use for femur F. Prosthesis outline 26 may be compared withfemur outline 18 by superimposing one atop the other and observing the overlapping shapes and the differences therebetween. Furthermore, using the suitable software mentioned. above, quantitative analysis may be made ofoutlines outlines outlines outlines prosthesis 20 to thereby reshapeprosthesis 20 to minimize the deviations. Alternatively, any deviations betweenoutlines different prosthesis 20 and perform the same analysis to assess the tit of thesecond prosthesis 20 on model femur 10, i.e., if a surgeon decides thatoutline 26 of afirst prosthesis 20 is unacceptable for femur F, then the surgeon then compares theoutline 26 of anotherprosthesis 20 until an acceptable prosthesis is identified. - The method described above has several useful, practical applications. For example, the method described above may be used to develop new and improved existing prosthesis designs. It is contemplated that this method may be used to survey a large population of subjects to develop statistics and identify trends in bone shapes, and to adapt prosthesis sizes and shapes accordingly. More specifically, two-dimensional footprints of virtually resected bones of a large population of patients may be obtained and compared to two-dimensional footprints of numerous available prostheses.
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FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate an exemplary application of the methods of the present disclosure.FIG. 7 illustrates femur footprints or outlines 18 a-18d, shown as dotted lines, taken from a virtually resected model of a lemur of four different subjects compared with footprints or outlines 26 a-26 c, shown in solid lines, taken from three different models of available prostheses.FIG. 8 illustrates thesame footprints 18 a-18d, 26 a-26 c. The comparison shown in FIGS, 7 and 8 demonstrates that theprosthesis yielding footprint 26 a is larger in width W (FIG. 6 ) than the virtually resectedbones yielding footprints 18 b-18 d. In an exemplary embodiment, outlines 18 a-18 d may be used to design or create a prosthesis which substantially matches at least some ofoutlines 18 a-18 d. For example, a prosthesis may be created or designed which is a best fit approximation to a plurality ofoutlines 18 which may be based on a specific patient population, such as the female population. - In an exemplary embodiment, a method of the present disclosure may be performed on the femurs of a large population of women to obtain medial/lateral and. anterior/posterior dimensions of the femurs and calculate ratios between the medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions. These dimensions and calculations may be used in designing femoral components for use on female anatomy. In another exemplary embodiment, a method of the present disclosure may also be used to obtain medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions of existing femoral components and calculate ratios between the medial/lateral and anterior/posterior dimensions of the femoral components. The dimensions and calculated ratios may then be used to compare existing femoral components to the dimensions and calculated ratios of the femurs of women to identify potential areas of the femoral component where fit can be optimized. Such a comparison is fully described in US. patent application Ser. No. 11/611,021, entitled DISTAL FEMORAL KNIFE PROSTHESES, assigned to the assignee of the present application the disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. The same type of process may be performed tor other populations, such as a population of males, various ethnic populations, populations based on age, stature-based populations, and/or populations based on disease progression or disease status.
- In addition, the method described above may be used in guiding the design and manufacture of custom prostheses. For instance, a patient's femur may be modeled, virtually resected and footprinted as described above. The footprint could then be used as the footprint for forming a prosthesis.
- Although the method described above is exemplified with reference to the distal end of the femur and femoral prostheses, the methods of the present invention may be applied to any bone and any prosthesis.
- While this invention has been described as having exemplary designs, the present disclosure may be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this disclosure pertains.
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2. A system for virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for placement on a resected bone surface, the system comprising:
a computer including at least one processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computer to:
create a two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface;
create a plurality of two-dimensional outlines of a plurality of prostheses, each one of the two-dimensional outlines corresponding to one of the plurality of prostheses, each one of two-dimensional outlines derived from a contour of a bone engaging surface of the one of the plurality of prostheses;
compare the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with each two-dimensional outline of each the plurality of prostheses; and
determine which one of the two-dimensional outlines of the plurality of prostheses comprises an acceptable match for the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processor identifies a vertex between a first planar surface of the resected bone surface and a second planar surface of the resected bone surface based on a three-dimensional contour of the resected bone surface, and wherein the computer is configured to manipulate the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface and to outline a perimeter of the first planar surface and the second planar surface to define the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the computer is configured to repeat identifying and manipulating for each resected bone surface.
5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processor identifies a vertex between a first planar surface of the one of the plurality of prostheses and a second planar surface of the one of the plurality of prostheses based on a three-dimensional contour of the one of the plurality of prostheses, and wherein the computer is configured to manipulate the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface and to outline a perimeter of tile first planar surface and the second planar surface to define a two-dimensional outline of the one of the plurality of prostheses.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the computer is configured to repeat identifying and manipulating for each planar surface of the one of the plurality of prostheses.
7. The system of claim 2 , wherein to compare the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with each two-dimensional outline of each the plurality of prostheses the computer superimposes the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface on each two-dimensional outlines of the plurality of prostheses.
8. A method of virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for implantation in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
resecting a virtual three-dimensional contour of a bone surface generated based on images of a joint of tile patient to obtain a virtual two-dimensional outline of a resected bone surface for the patient, the resecting including:
creating one or more planar surfaces by flattening the virtual three-dimensional contour, and
identifying a perimeter of the one or more planar surfaces;
referencing a profile of a first prosthesis to create a virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis; and
visually displaying the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis to allow for assessment of a fit of the first prosthesis with the resected bone surface.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein resecting includes:
identifying a vertex between a first planar surface of the resected bone surface and a second planar surface of the resected bone surface,
manipulating the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface, and
outlining a perimeter of the first planar surface and the second planar surface to define the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the resected bone surface is defined by a plurality of intersecting cut planes, wherein the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface includes the step of outlining the plurality of intersecting cut planes to obtain a three-dimensional profile of the resected bone surface, the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface being based on the virtual three-dimensional contour of the bone surface.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein referencing a profile of the first prosthesis to create a virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis includes:
identifying a vertex between a first planar surface of the first prosthesis and a second planar surface of the first prosthesis based on a three-dimensional contour of the one of the plurality of prostheses; and
wherein the computer is configured to manipulate the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface and to outline a perimeter of the first planar surface and the second planar surface to create the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
12. The method of claim 8 , visually displaying includes superimposing the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface on the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
13. A method of virtually assessing the fit of a prosthesis for implantation in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
imaging a bone surface of a patient to obtain a virtual three-dimensional contour of the bone surface;
obtaining a virtual two-dimensional outline of a resected bone surface for the patient, the obtaining including using a computer to flatten the virtual three dimensional contour to create one or more planar surfaces, and identify a perimeter of the one or more planar surfaces;
obtaining a virtual two-dimensional outline of a first prosthesis from a profile of the first prosthesis, the profile identified virtually and based on a three-dimensional contour of a surface of the first prosthesis; and
comparing the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis to access a fit of the first prosthesis with the resected bone surface.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein obtaining the virtual two-dimensional outline of a resected bone surface for the patient includes:
identifying a vertex between a first planar surface of the resected bone surface and a second planar surface of the resected bone surface;
manipulating the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface; and
outlining a perimeter of the first planar surface and the second planar surface to define the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the resected bone surface is defined by a plurality of intersecting cut planes, wherein the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface includes the step of outlining the plurality of intersecting cut planes to obtain a three-dimensional profile of the resected bone surface, the two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface being based on the virtual three-dimensional contour of the bone surface.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein obtaining the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis from the profile of the first prosthesis includes:
identifying a vertex between a first planar surface of the first prosthesis and a second planar surface of the first prosthesis based on a three-dimensional contour of the one of the plurality of prostheses; and
wherein the computer is configured to manipulate the first planar surface to be coplanar with the second planar surface and to outline a perimeter of the first planar surface and the second planar surface to create the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein comparing the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface with the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis includes superimposing the virtual two-dimensional outline of the resected bone surface on the virtual two-dimensional outline of the first prosthesis.
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