US 11,850,162 B2
Body density scan result-matched orthopedic implants and methods of use
Trent James Northcutt, Oceanside, CA (US); and Laszlo Garamszegi, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Aurora Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Aurora Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/995,256.
Application 16/995,256 is a continuation of application No. 15/840,697, filed on Dec. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,779,954.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,345, filed on Dec. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375758 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4455 (2013.01) [A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2/3662 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3071 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
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1. A method of treating a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
determining a density of the patient's native bone at a site of surgical implantation, wherein the density of the patient's native bone is determined using a DEXA scan T-score;
retrieving from among two or more similar implants an implant that has a density that is closest to the density of the patient's native bone at the site of surgical implantation, wherein if the DEXA scan T-score of the patient's native bone is −1.0 or higher, then a first implant is retrieved, wherein the first implant has a higher density than the other one or more similar implants; and
implanting the retrieved implant in the patient.