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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
James Grimm, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Anthony Romano, Columbia City, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.02); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); G16H 50/50 (2018.01);
Abstract
A joint alignment method comprises using imaging data of at least a portion of a leg to create a leg model, wherein the leg model includes a femur having medial and lateral condyles and a tibia having tibial plateaus that are configured to engage the medial and lateral condyles at a knee joint, displaying an image of the leg model for manipulation by a user, locating a pivot point within one of the medial or lateral condyles, and rotating, in the displayed image, the tibia with respect to the femur, about the pivot point, to obtain a desired knee joint articulation in a specified plane.