Patent ID: 8936602
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a. receiving a surgical instrument further comprising a surgical tool guide, said surgical instrument being a custom surgical instrument for a particular patient manufactured using pre-operative data, wherein the pre-operative data is based on a three dimensional geometry of a distal portion of a femur and a pre-operatively planned spatial arrangement of the surgical tool guide relative to the distal portion, the surgical instrument based on the pre-operative data to mount to the particular patient's distal portion of the femur in a pre-defined spatial arrangement, the surgical instrument further comprising a three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry, wherein the surgical tool guide is in a pre-defined spatial arrangement relative to the three-dimensional tissue contacting geometry; b. placing the surgical instrument on the distal portion of the particular patient's femur; and c. using the surgical tool guide to guide a tool.