Patent ID: 8849439

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a plurality of medical devices for a patient population configured to replicate a portion of the anatomy of patients within the patient population in at least one dimension, the method comprising the steps of: identifying the patient population; establishing a maximum value for the at least one dimension that corresponds to a patient within the patient population having a high value for the at least one dimension; establishing a minimum value for the at least one dimension that corresponds to a patient within the patient population having a low value for the at least one dimension; determining an acceptable tolerance within the patient population for the at least one dimension; and manufacturing a plurality of medical devices configured to replicate a portion of the anatomy of the patients in the at least one dimension, a first medical device of the plurality of medical devices having a first value for the at least one dimension substantially equal to the minimum value, a second medical device of the plurality of medical devices having a second value for the at least one dimension, wherein the second value is both greater than the first value and substantially equal to or less than the sum of the first value and the acceptable tolerance, and a third medical device of the plurality of medical devices having a third value for the at least one dimension substantially equal to the maximum value.