Patent ID: 11903651
Assignee: ZIMMER, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 5:
6. A method to generate a pre-operative surgical plan, the method comprising:
obtaining prosthesis data for a selected prosthesis;
generating anatomical data and deformity data for a specific patient, wherein the anatomical data and deformity data are represented within a leg model, wherein anatomical data describes anatomical features of intact bone and deformity data describes anatomical features of deformed bone;
determining position of one or more bone cuts based on the selected prosthesis, the anatomical data, and the deformity data; and
outputting a patient specific surgical guide to enable the surgeon to place the one or more cuts in determined positions and orientations along anatomical planes and at determined depths, wherein generating the anatomical data includes determining a varus-valgus pivot point for an intact condyle.