Patent ID: 11935648
Assignee: JOINTVUE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of generating a three dimensional (3D), patient-specific bone model, the method comprising:
selecting a deformable three dimensional (3D) virtual bone model corresponding to a bone of a patient;
displaying the deformable 3D virtual bone model on a graphical display;
scanning the bone of the patient using an ultrasound transducer;
recording a plurality of data points during the scanning of the bone, where the plurality of data points each correspond to a bone surface point on the bone;
applying a plurality of bone surface points to the deformable 3D virtual bone model graphically displayed; and,
conforming the deformable 3D virtual bone model to the plurality of bone surface points to generate a 3D virtual patient-specific bone model of the bone;
displaying the 3D virtual patient-specific bone model of the bone on the graphical display.