Patent ID: 8961529
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument, the method comprising: receiving pre-operative data related to a particular patient defining at least a portion of a three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry of a surgical instrument, the surgical instrument including a surgical tool guide, wherein the received pre-operative data is based on three-dimensional geometry of a distal-anterior portion of a femur and a pre-operatively planned spatial arrangement of the surgical tool guide relative to the distal-anterior portion; and manufacturing the surgical instrument using the received pre-operative data, thereby configuring the surgical instrument based on the received pre-operative data to mount to the particular patient's femur in a pre-defined spatial arrangement, wherein manufacturing the surgical instrument includes manufacturing the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry and the surgical tool guide, such that the surgical tool guide is in a pre-defined spatial arrangement relative to the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry.