US 12,419,696 B2
Intraoperative implant augmentation
Roger Ryan Dees, Jr., Drummonds, TN (US); Sied W. Janna, Memphis, TN (US); Daniel Farley, Memphis, TN (US); and Branislav Jaramaz, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,229.
Application 18/119,229 is a continuation of application No. 16/642,612, granted, now 11,622,814, previously published as PCT/US2018/048852, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,645, filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225799 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61F 2002/30217 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30736 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for creating a cone to augment an implant intraoperatively, the method comprising:
determining a shape of an implant cavity corresponding to the implant;
selecting a shape and a position for a cone based on at least the determined shape of the implant cavity;
creating instructions for machining the cone, wherein the machined cone has the shape selected for the cone; and
transmitting the instructions to a device for machining the cone.