Patent ID: 9672617
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,B33Y,G06K,G06T,G16H,Y10S

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of obtaining data for determining a three-dimensional shape of a medical device, the method comprising: rendering a computer-generated three-dimensional representation of a target tissue from computer readable image data of the target tissue wherein the target tissue comprises two portions, a portion with a defect and a portion without a defect; mapping an external three-dimensional surface of the computer-generated three-dimensional representation of the target tissue; superimposing onto the mapped external surface a three-dimensional template to span the defective portion by deforming the three-dimensional template to match at least a portion of the mapped external surface; and determining the three-dimensional shape of the medical device based on the shape of the deformed three-dimensional template that spans the defective region.