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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Materialise N.v., Leuven, BE;
Inventor:
Benjamin Geebelen, Haasrode, BE;
Assignee:
Materialise NV, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/3437 (2013.01); A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 17/1782 (2016.11); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method for generating and manufacturing a surgical guide for guiding a surgical intervention on a bone of a patient, and surgical guides obtainable by said method. The guides provided herein comprise an anatomy engagement surface or contact points for contacting with the first bone, and further comprise a support surface configured for contacting a second bone of the patient, over a certain range of motion of said second bone.