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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Techmah Medical Llc, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Mohamed R. Mahfouz, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
TECHMAH MEDICAL LLC, Knoxville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61F 2/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/40 (2013.01); A61F 2/4202 (2013.01); A61F 2/4603 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/366 (2016.02); A61B 2090/368 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/502 (2016.02); A61F 2002/30943 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30952 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10121 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of designing an orthopedic implant comprising: (a) iteratively evaluating possible shapes of a dynamic orthopedic implant using actual anatomical shape considerations and kinematic shape considerations; and, (b) selecting a dynamic orthopedic implant shape from one of the possible shapes, where the dynamic orthopedic implant shape selected satisfies predetermined kinematic and anatomical constraints.