CPC A61F 2/30942 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2875 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30943 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method of making a patient-specific bone graft cage computer model for forming a patient-specific bone graft cage to construct a portion of a defective mid-face region of a patient's skull, the method comprising:
generating an initial-computer model of the patient's bone structure;
extrapolating a surface of a bone in the defective mid-face region wherein the surface defines a void in the defective mid-face region, and wherein the extrapolating the surface step includes identifying a plurality of landmark locations around a periphery, of the surface, defining the void in the defective mid-face region to determine a contour of the surface; and
generating the patient-specific bone graft cage computer model based on the initial-computer model and the extrapolation of the surface of the bone, wherein the patient-specific bone graft cage computer model is configured to match the extrapolation of the surface, wherein the patient-specific bone graft cage computer model is weakened by including a plurality of apertures that are configured to receive bone graft material such that each of the plurality of apertures includes an open end and terminates at a closed end opposite the open end, and wherein the open end is configured to receive the bone graft material, and the a closed end is defined by a base that is configured to support the bone graft material.
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