Patent ID: 8830233

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a present surgical case including a surgical site located on a portion of a body of a patient, the method comprising: uploading, into a computer database, at least one image taken of the surgical site of the body of the patient; converting the at least one image into a three-dimensional model displayable on a display means; manipulating the three-dimensional model such that the three-dimensional model is displayable on the display means as a corrected model representing a corrected surgical site; providing, with a processor, at least one medical device from a library of medical devices stored in a device database, the at least one medical device being selectable in order to correct the surgical site of the body based on the corrected model; and providing a plurality of previous surgical cases maintained in a case database the plurality of previous surgical cases being made available for preoperatively planning the present surgical case, wherein the surgical site of the body of the patient includes a femur and the at least one medical device is a bone plate.