US 12,213,885 B2
Methods and devices for bone surgeries
Mohamed R. Mahfouz, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to Mohamed R. Mahfouz, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed by TechMah CMF, LLC, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,491.
Application 18/360,491 is a continuation of application No. 17/903,727, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,951,009.
Application 18/360,491 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,015, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,813,165.
Application 18/360,491 is a continuation of application No. 14/515,483, filed on Oct. 15, 2014, granted, now 11,426,281.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/891,047, filed on Oct. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380977 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01)
CPC A61F 2/30942 (2013.01) [A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/2875 (2013.01); A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2/36 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61F 2002/2825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30943 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fabricating a patient-specific buttress for securing fractured bone of a patient, the method comprising:
applying a buttress to a tangible model of a patient anatomy representing a fractured bone to at least one of verify a fit of the buttress to the fractured bone and deform the buttress to confirm a fit of the buttress to the fractured bone, the tangible model comprising an intended realignment of at least two bone fragments of the fractured bone to be achieved when the buttress is secured to the fractured bone.