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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Jason Sean Jordan, Hernando, MS (US);
Michael Dean Hughes, Memphis, TN (US);
Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Memphis, TN (US);
Brian William McKinnon, Memphis, TN (US);
Paul Charles Crabtree, Nesbit, MS (US);
David Timothy Mehl, Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method positions a profile of a prosthetic component on the three-dimensional model of a limb. Patient-specific anatomical data of the limb is gathered. First and second anatomical landmarks are identified to determine a first spatial relationship. A third anatomical landmark is identified to determine a second spatial relationship with respect to the first spatial relationship. The profile of the prosthetic component is positioned in all but one degree of freedom. A fourth anatomical landmark is identified to position the profile of the prosthetic component in the one remaining degree of freedom.