US 11,696,768 B2
Apparatus and method for fabricating a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument
Bryan Rose, South Whitley, IN (US); Jeffrey R. Roose, Milford, IN (US); Luke J. Aram, Warsaw, IN (US); and Dimitri Sokolov, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/67,108.
Application 17/067,108 is a continuation of application No. 16/032,871, filed on Jul. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,828,046.
Application 16/032,871 is a continuation of application No. 12/241,001, filed on Sep. 29, 2008, granted, now 10,028,750, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/976,447, filed on Sep. 30, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/976,451, filed on Sep. 30, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/976,444, filed on Sep. 30, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/976,446, filed on Sep. 30, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/976,448, filed on Sep. 30, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0030429 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/155 (2013.01) [A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); Y10T 409/30084 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopaedic surgical instrument comprising:
a customized patient-specific 5-in-1 cutting block including a distal cutting guide having a first bone-facing opening, an anterior cutting guide having a second bone-facing opening, a first angled cutting guide having a third bone-facing opening, a second angled cutting guide having a fourth bone-facing opening, and a posterior cutting guide having a fifth bone-facing opening, the cutting block comprising:
a body comprising (i) a first bone-contacting surface defined between the second bone-facing opening and the fourth bone-facing opening, the first bone-contacting surface having a first patient-specific negative contour, and (ii) a second bone-contacting surface defined between the third bone-facing opening and the fifth bone-facing opening, the second bone-contacting surface having a second patient-specific negative contour.