Patent ID: 9265509
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,B29C,B33Y,G05B,G06F,G16H,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. A femoral arthroplasty jig for preparing a femur undergoing an arthroplasty to receive a femoral arthroplasty implant that is aligned with the femur via an aperture formed in the femur via the femoral arthroplasty jig, the femur including an end, a non-resected bone surface and a longitudinal axis, the femoral arthroplasty jig comprising: a mating surface configured to engage the non-resected bone surface in a matching manner on account of a patient-specific nature of the mating surface, the matching manner registering a single relative position of the mating surface relative to the non-resected bone surface, the patient specific nature of the mating surface having been generated in the femoral arthroplasty jig prior to the femoral arthroplasty jig being brought into contact with the non-resected bone surface or employed in the arthroplasty; and an aperture forming guide configured to guide the formation of the aperture in the femur when the non-resected bone surface is engaged by the mating surface in the matching manner.