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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Leake, Rolling Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Research and Education Institute, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 16 ; 606 60 ; 606 76 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a surgical mesh material to be used in conjunction with donor bone in reconstructive surgery. A first corporeal model is made of the defect in the bone using computer tomographic techniques. The computer drives a sculpting tool. A second corporeal model is made of missing bone. Surgical mesh is shaped using the second corporeal model as a template. The shaped surgical mesh can be implanted in the patient.