US 11,839,548 B2
Apparatus, method and system for providing customizable bone implants
Douglas B. Unis, Brooklyn, NY (US); Sulaiman Somani, New York, NY (US); and Anthony B. Costa, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (US)
Filed by ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,814.
Application 18/061,814 is a continuation of application No. 17/176,653, filed on Feb. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,517,440.
Application 17/176,653 is a continuation of application No. 16/153,334, filed on Oct. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,945,848, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 16/153,334 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/026681, filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/319,710, filed on Apr. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103348 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); G05B 19/40 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01)
CPC A61F 2/30942 (2013.01) [A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2013.01); A61F 2/3601 (2013.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3096 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3097 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30943 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30952 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30953 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30957 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30968 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49007 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
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1. A method for use in digitally generating a custom implant, the method comprising:
generating a three-dimensional digital model of the custom implant using at least data operably identifying inner cortical bone surfaces obtained from a three-dimensional digital representation of a patient's bone having at least data operably identifying cortical bone boundaries of the patient's bone.