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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Joseph P. Iannotti, Strongsville, OH (US);
Wael K. Barsoum, Bay Village, OH (US);
Jason A. Bryan, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Peter D. O'Neill, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of preoperative planning comprises creating a virtual model of a native patient tissue; placing a virtual device into a desired device orientation relative to the virtual model of the native patient tissue; specifying at least one structural change to the native patient tissue to facilitate placement of the virtual device in the desired device orientation; creating a virtual model of an altered patient tissue responsive to the specifying at least one structural change to the native patient tissue; and fabricating a tangible representation of a bone using the virtual model of the altered patient tissue.