Patent Document ID: 10102309
Application ID: 14232958
Patent Status: 1

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: receiving information including a three-dimensional anatomic model of the individual's anatomy; automatically identifying any abnormal morphology at a periphery of a simulated resection portion of the three dimensional anatomic model using a processor; computing a modified periphery of the simulated resection portion of the three dimensional anatomic model that excludes any identified abnormal morphology using a processor; identifying a preliminary size for an orthopaedic implant component for use on the simulated resection surface; initially positioning the identified preliminarily orthopaedic implant model relative to the simulated resection portion of three-dimensional bone model; generating a first random point set at the modified periphery of the simulated resection portion; generating a second random point set at a periphery of the orthopaedic implant model; utilizing a position optimizer to determine whether the position of the orthopaedic implant periphery relative to the simulated resection portion periphery is optimal based on the first random point set and the second random point set; determining whether the selected orthopaedic implant model results in overhang relative to the three dimensional anatomic model; and verifying the position of the orthopaedic implant and/or the size of the orthopaedic implant.