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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Philipp Lang, Lexington, MA (US);
Wolfgang Fitz, Sherborn, MA (US);
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
Daniel Steines, Lexington, MA (US);
Albert G. Burdulis, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Rene Vargas-voracek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philipp Lang, Lexington, MA (US);
Wolfgang Fitz, Sherborn, MA (US);
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
Daniel Steines, Lexington, MA (US);
Albert G. Burdulis, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Rene Vargas-Voracek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ConforMIS, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A patellar 3-D guidance tool includes a template. The template includes at least one contact surface for engaging a surface of the patella. The at least one contact surface substantially conforms with the surface associated with the patellar. At least one guide aperture directs movement of a surgical instrument, wherein the shape and/or position of the guide aperture is based, at least in part, on three or more anatomic reference points associated with the patellar.