Patent ID: 8721721
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a meniscus prosthetic device for a patient from a library of available meniscus prosthetic devices, the method comprising: utilizing a pre-implantation matching process to identify two or more most suitable meniscus prosthetic devices from the library of available prosthetic devices for replacing the damaged meniscus of the patient; obtaining two or more trial prosthetic devices corresponding to the two or more most suitable prosthetic devices identified by the pre-implantation matching process; positioning a first trial prosthetic device of the two or more trial prosthetic devices within a knee joint of the patient; loading the knee joint of the patient with the first trial prosthetic device positioned within the knee joint; and measuring a contact pressure distribution between the first trial prosthetic device and a tibialis plateau of the knee joint during loading of the knee joint with the first trial prosthetic device positioned within the knee joint.