Patent ID: 9289153
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of creating a cast, a physical model, or a mold for use with all or a portion of a diseased or damaged joint of a patient, the method comprising: electronically evaluating a cartilage degeneration pattern derived from image data of the diseased or damaged joint of the patient to obtain at least one of volume, area, thickness, curvature, geometry, shape, biochemical contents, signal intensity and relaxation time of normal, diseased, or both normal and diseased tissue including at least a portion of an articular surface of said diseased or damaged joint; evaluating at least one movement pattern of said diseased or damaged joint; and designing at least one of a cast, a physical model, and a mold based on said at least one movement pattern and said cartilage degeneration pattern.