Patent ID: 9622820
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,G05B,G06F,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for orthopedic surgical planning, the method comprising: providing a knowledgebase of rules for orthopedic surgery to a bone of a patient; obtaining a surface representing the bone, an implant, or a cutting guide; selecting, by a processor, a first rule of the knowledgebase; identifying, by the processor, at least one anatomical feature for the first rule; detecting, by the processor, the at least one anatomical feature of the surface; defining, by the processor, an alteration to the surface as a function of the first rule and the at least one anatomical feature; altering, by the processor, the surface according to the alteration, resulting in a first altered surface; outputting, by the processor, a reference plan showing an implant and position of the implant relative to the first altered surface of the bone; and generating, by the processor, a cutting guide model of a physical cutting guide personalized to the bone of the patient, the cutting guide model generated as a function of the first altered surface, the cutting guide model indicating an alteration to provide the first altered surface.