Patent Document ID: 20140244220
Application ID: 14232958
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for pre-operatively optimizing a fit of an orthopaedic implant relative to a particular individual's anatomy, the method comprising: a. receiving information including a three-dimensional anatomic model of the individual's anatomy; b. computing a periphery of a simulated resection portion of the three dimensional anatomic model without reference to any abnormal morphology using a processor; c. identifying a preliminary size for an orthopaedic implant component for use on the simulated resection surface; d. initially positioning the identified preliminarily orthopaedic implant model relative to the simulated resection portion of three-dimensional bone model; e. generating random point sets around the peripheries of the simulated resection portion and the orthopaedic implant model; f. utilizing a position optimizer to determine whether the position of the orthopaedic implant periphery relative to the simulated resection portion periphery is optimal; g. determining whether the selected orthopaedic implant model results in overhang relative to the three dimensional anatomic model; and h. verifying the position of the orthopaedic implant and/or the size of the orthopaedic implant.