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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Warsaw, IN (US);
Tyler D. Witt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan John Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
William Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Adolph V. Lombardi, New Albany, OH (US);
Jeffrey H. Nycz, Warsaw, IN (US);
Matthew D. Munsterman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Alexander P. Wolfe, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Tamon Kabata, Kanazawa, JP;
James Nairus, Bolton, MA (US);
John C. Clohisy, St. Louis, MO (US);
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A patient-specific acetabular guide can be used for preparing an acetabulum of a patient to receive an acetabular implant. The acetabular guide includes a patient-specific engagement surface designed to be complementary and mateable with a corresponding surface of the patient's pelvic anatomy. The acetabular guide is designed during a pre-operative plan for the patient by a three-dimensional reconstruction of the anatomy of the patient using two-dimensional medical images. The patient-specific engagement surface has a first portion mateable with a portion of the acetabulum of the patient. The acetabular guide includes a guiding element that extends from the acetabular guide opposite to the first portion of engagement surface. The guiding element defines a bore designed to be oriented along an alignment axis for an acetabular implant when the acetabular guide is engaged to the acetabulum.