Patent ID: 9330206
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,B33Y,G05B,G06F,G06T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of obtaining data for determining a 3-dimensional shape of a medical device, the method comprising: (a) obtaining computer readable image data of a target tissue wherein the target tissue comprises two portions, a portion with a defect and a portion without a defect; (b) rendering from the image data a computer-generated 3-dimensional representation of the target tissue; (c) superimposing a three-dimensional template onto the 3-dimensional representation, wherein the three-dimensional template represents a normative shape of an anatomical surface of the target tissue; and (d) deforming the three-dimensional template to the computer-generated 3-dimensional representation to determine the 3-dimensional shape of the medical device.