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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Farshid Alambeigi, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shahriar Sefati, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ryan Murphy, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mehran Armand, Baltimore, MD (US);
Chad R. Gordon, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shuya Liu, Baltimore, MD (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device. The method includes accessing a first computer-readable reconstruction of a being's anatomy; accessing a second computer-readable reconstruction of an implant; accessing a third computer-readable reconstruction comprising the first computer-readable reconstruction superimposed with the second computer readable reconstruction; generating at least one computer-readable trace from a point cloud; and forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device, wherein the autonomous manufacturing device forms the implant into a shape defined by at least one dimension of the computer-readable trace.