Patent ID: 9387083
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of making an implant component for a knee joint of a patient, the method comprising: receiving first imaging data associated with the knee joint, wherein the first imaging data comprises imaging data associated with the knee joint when the patient is in a single-legged stance and the knee joint is under physiological full weight-bearing condition; receiving second imaging data associated with the knee joint, wherein the second imaging data comprises imaging data obtained at a higher resolution than a resolution at which the first imaging data was obtained; generating one or more contours from the first imaging data; generating one or more anatomic models from the second imaging data; registering each of the one or more anatomic models from the second imaging data to one or more corresponding contours from the first imaging data; deriving kinematic information regarding the knee joint based, at least in part, on the one or more registered anatomic models; and designing an implant component based, at least in part, on the derived kinematic information regarding the joint.