Patent ID: 11890058
Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the at least one indicator includes a first indicator and a second indicator, and further comprising:
determining a cancellous area of the selected bone model, the cancellous area corresponding to an area along the first reference plane that is surrounded by the inner perimeter;
wherein the first region of overlap is associated with a first weight, the second region of overlap is associated with a second weight, the cancellous area is associated with a third weight, and wherein the first weight is greater than the third weight but is less than the second weight;
wherein the step of determining the value of the contact area includes determining a weighted value of the contact area according to the first, second and third weights; and
displaying the first indicator in the graphical user interface in response to the weighted contact area exceeding at least one predefined weighted contact threshold, but displaying the second indicator in the graphical user interface in response to the weighted contact area being below the at least one predefined weighted contact threshold.