Patent Document ID: 20170238995
Application ID: 15581974
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of pre-operative planning for an arthroplasty procedure, the method comprising: receiving patient data associated with a portion of a patient bone corresponding to an arthroplasty target area, the patient data captured using a medical imaging system; generating a model of the portion of the patient bone from golden bone data that has been modified using the patient data, the golden bone data being associated with an exemplary bone other than the patient bone; and generating preoperative planning data from the model using a processor, the preoperative planning data specifying a location and an orientation of a treatment to the arthroplasty target area, the treatment preparing the arthroplasty target area for an arthroplasty implant to repair at least a portion of a joint associated with the portion of the patient bone.