Patent ID: 9411939
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61B,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining a virtual three-dimensional model of a tissue body; designing, via a software program executed by a computing device, a virtual three-dimensional model of an orthopedic implant that includes an implant body such that the virtual three-dimensional model of the orthopedic implant is contoured to fit over a particular portion of the virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body, the implant body being elongate along a longitudinal axis, the implant body including at least one hole that extends along a hole axis that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant body; manipulating, via the software program, the virtual three-dimensional model of the orthopedic implant to overlay the particular portion of the virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body so as to define a manipulated virtual three-dimensional model of the orthopedic implant; inserting, via the software program, a virtual three-dimensional model of a fastener at least partially into the at least one hole of the implant body so that the virtual three-dimensional model of the fastener does not extend into a predetermined section of the obtained virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body, wherein the predetermined section of the obtained virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body includes a nerve, a tooth, or hardware; and transferring the manipulated virtual three-dimensional model of the orthopedic implant to a manufacturing machine, wherein the manufacturing machine is configured to construct a patient specific orthopedic implant that corresponds to the manipulated virtual three-dimensional model of the orthopedic implant.