Patent ID: 8790408

Claim:
A method for pre-surgical planning for reconstruction of the cranium, jaw, limbs and digits of a patient with a prosthesis attachable to the cranium, jaw, limbs or digits of the patient with one or more attachment members comprising the steps of: a. preparing a physical anatomical model made in a stereographic machine that is controlled by a computer; said computer using medical images of the patient for preparation of the physical anatomical model by the stereographic machine; b. determining a locational position and orientation for a surgical bone implant to repair missing bone in the cranium, jaw, limbs or digits of the patient, to install at least one prosthesis in place thereof; c. using the physical anatomical model and preparing a surgical guide with oversize holes in registration with respective analogs for the attachment members securing surgical bone and cartilage implants to be inserted to the cranium, jaw, limbs or digits of the patient at the locational positions and orientations determined by a surgeon for the physical anatomical model, each said analog being an elongated structural member having at least one anti-rotational projection extending from said elongated structural member; d. fitting said surgical guide atop each said elongated analog structural member, and bonding a respective surgical guide sleeve for said surgical guide to the physical anatomical model at a locational position and orientation of the analog in the physical anatomical model, and; e. removing said surgical guide attached for accurate drilling during the surgical procedure for insertion of the bone and cartilage implants onto the skull or jaw of patient at a location analogous to said location and orientation of said analog in said physical anatomical model.