Patent ID: 8005282

Claim:
A method for preparing an implant from an implant material, said implant serving to fill a defect in a human or animal body, comprising: making available a defect image of the defect having a defect contour, with a first calibration member arranged in or adjacent to the defect being displayed in said image, arranging a second calibration member on or adjacent to the implant material to be processed, said second calibration member corresponding to the first calibration member, taking and displaying a real-time image of the implant material in real time on a display device, displaying the defect image on the display device superimposed on the real-time image in such a manner that the first and the second calibration members are displayed one on top of the other in the same shape and size, displaying a processing tool in the real-time image on the display device and moving the processing tool over the implant material in such a manner that it follows the defect contour displayed in the defect image on the display device, and preparing the implant material for the production of an implant in exactly the same size and shape which corresponds to the defect.