Patent ID: 9113971
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic device for correcting a femoral bone abnormality comprising: a patient-specific three-dimensional shell having an outer surface and an inner bone engagement surface, the inner bone engagement surface being customized in a pre-operating planning stage by computer imaging as a negative mold of a femoral head of a proximal femur of a patient such that the inner bone engagement surface mates with a corresponding outer surface of the femoral head in only one nesting position; and a patient-specific abnormality removal window defined by the shell, the abnormality removal window having a patient-specific inner boundary customized during the pre-operative stage to circumscribe an outer perimeter of an abnormality portion when the shell is fitted on the femoral head of the patient and such that the abnormality portion of the proximal femur of the patient protrudes and is accessible through the abnormality removal window by a bone removal tool, the inner boundary of the abnormality removal window configured to guide the removal tool for removing the abnormality portion of the proximal femur of the patient.