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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2023
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (US);
Howard David Dean, Columbus, OH (US);
Mohammad H. Elahinia, Sylvania, OH (US);
Christoph Haberland, Bochum, DE;
Michael J. Miller, Columbus, OH (US);
Alok Sutradhar, Dublin, OH (US);
Narges Shayesteh Moghaddam, Toledo, OH (US);
Jason M. Walker, Columbus, OH (US);
Roman Skoracki, Columbus, OH (US);
OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION, Columbus, OH (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A device used in conjunction with fixation hardware to provide a two-stage process to address the competing needs of immobilization and re-establishment of normal stress-strain trajectories in grafted bone. A method of determining a patient-specific stress/strain pattern that utilizes a model based on 3D CT data of the relevant structures and cross-sectional data of the three major chewing muscles. The forces on each of the chewing muscles are determined based on the model using predetermined bite forces such that a stiffness of cortical bone in the patient's mandible is determined. Based on the stiffness data, suitable implantation hardware can be designed for the patient by adjusting external topological and internal porous geometries that reduce the stiffness of biocompatible metals to thereby restore normal bite forces of the patient. A method of 3D printing nitinol to create a patient-specific device to facilitate the establishment of a normal stress-strain trajectory in grafted bone.