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

Claim 8:
9. A pre-operative planning system comprising:
a computing device including a processor circuit coupled to a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the computing device to perform operations 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 non-intact bone and wherein generating the anatomical data includes determining a flexion-extension pivot point for an intact condyle or determining a varus-valgus pivot point for an intact condyle;
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.