Patent ID: 9333085
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,B33Y,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of generating an articular repair system including an articular implant having an inner surface for attachment to a bone of a patient's joint at an implantation site and an outer surface for providing an articular surface, the method comprising: deriving a shape of cartilage and/or subchondral bone surface from electronic image data of the patient's joint; determining a desired shape for at least a portion of the outer surface of the articular implant at least in part from the derived shape of the cartilage; selecting the articular implant from a library of implants such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the articular implant approximates the desired shape, wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the articular implant is configured to engage with a chamfer cut on the bone of the patient's joint; and providing a surgical tool in the articular repair system, wherein the surgical tool is created based, at least in part, on the derived shape of the cartilage and/or subchondral bone surface, and configured to facilitate the implantation of the articular implant into the patient's joint.