Patent ID: 9646113
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,G06F,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of generating a computerized bone model representative of at least a portion of a first patient bone in a pre-degenerated state, the method comprising: receiving at least one first image of the first patient bone in a degenerated state at at least one computer linked with at least one medical imaging system, the at least one first image generated with the at least one medical imaging system and comprising a degenerated portion corresponding to a generally degenerated portion of the first patient bone in the degenerated state; receiving at least one second image of a second patient bone in a pre-degenerated state at the at least one computer linked with the at least one medical imaging system, the at least one second image generated with the at least one medical imaging system and comprising a reference portion corresponding to a generally non-degenerated portion of the second patient bone in the pre-degenerated state; using the at least one computer, modifying at least one aspect associated with the degenerated portion of the at least one first image with information from the at least one second image associated with the reference portion; using the at least one computer, generating the computerized bone model of the first patient bone with the modified degenerated portion of the at least one first image; and outputting instructions for restoring the first patient bone to the pre-degenerated state using the computerized bone model.