Patent ID: 7747306
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical procedure for implanting autograft bone tissue from a site different from a recipient site into the recipient site at an anatomical area of a patient, the procedure comprising: obtaining image data of the recipient site; constructing a three-dimensional model of the recipient site based on the image data; obtaining image data of the autograft bone tissue from the site different from the recipient site; constructing a three-dimensional model of the autograft bone tissue from the site different from the recipient site based on the latter image data; determining an appropriate geometric match of the autograft bone tissue with the recipient site based on the above models; harvesting the autograft bone tissue from the site different from the recipient site based on the geometric match; and implanting the harvested autograft bone tissue from a site different from the recipient site into the recipient site.