Patent ID: 11931049
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
generating a digital bone model using medical images that show a proximal portion of a patient's tibia, wherein the medical images consist of a plurality of X-ray images, the plurality of X-ray images including (i) an anterior/posterior X-ray image showing a coronal profile of the proximal portion of the patient's tibia, and (ii) a medial/lateral X-ray image showing a sagittal profile of the proximal portion of the patient's tibia, and
generating a digital plan for a customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument using the digital bone model, wherein the digital plan is configured to be used by a fabrication machine to fabricate the customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument, the digital plan defining a contoured surface configured to (i) match at least an anterior portion of the sagittal profile shown in the medial/lateral X-ray image and a proximal portion of the sagittal profile shown in the medial/lateral X-ray image and (ii) not contact portions of the tibia that are not visible in the medical images.