US 12,402,958 B2
Patella tracking
Daniel Antonio Perez, Miami, FL (US); Daniel Rudolf Scholl, Andover, NJ (US); Gokce Yildirim, Weehawken, NJ (US); Alvin Perez, Ringwood, NJ (US); Alex Mclachlan, Hoboken, NJ (US); Zenan Zhang, Weston, FL (US); and Geoffrey Westrich, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/591,956.
Application 18/591,956 is a continuation of application No. 17/975,117, filed on Oct. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,944,393.
Application 17/975,117 is a continuation of application No. 16/447,364, filed on Jun. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,510,737, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,875, filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277419 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/1767 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a patellar implant comprising:
displaying a first path representing a desired patellar range of motion with respect to a bone on a display;
resecting a patella and placing a patellar trial on a resected surface of the patella;
tracking a reference point adjacent the bone with the patellar trial in flexion and extension;
generating a second path representing a patellar trial range of motion with respect to the bone on the display; and
displaying and comparing the first path with the second path on the display.