US 11,963,687 B2
Customized patient-specific surgical instruments and method
Jason Langhorn, Warsaw, IN (US); and Daniel D. Fritzinger, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/953,407.
Application 16/953,407 is a division of application No. 15/394,887, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,874,404.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068846 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); C25D 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/155 (2013.01) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/154 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 17/1746 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); C25D 5/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fabricating an orthopaedic surgical instrument, the method comprising:
forming a polymeric body including at least one surface having a customized patient-specific negative contour shaped to match and receive a corresponding positive contour of a patient's bone at a predetermined location of the patient's bone, and
advancing an electrolyte solution containing metallic salts into a passageway of the polymeric body to coat a section of the polymeric body,
forming a metallic coating from the metallic salts on the section of the polymeric body that defines a cutting guide sized and shaped to receive a cutting tool.