IP Library Granted Patent US 8,568,487
Granted Patent B2
US 8,568,487 · App. 12/978,069 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Patient-specific hip joint devices

Inventors: Tyler D. Witt (Fond du Lac, WI); Jason D. Meridew (Warsaw, IN); John R. White (Winona Lake, IN); Troy W. Hershberger (Winona Lake, IN); Robert Metzger (Wakarusa, IN)
Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,568,487
App. No.
12/978,069
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A patient-specific acetabular resection guide includes a dome-shaped surface bounded by a periphery. The dome-shaped surface is a three-dimensional patient-specific surface designed to anatomically match and be received into an acetabulum of the patient, based on a three-dimensional image of a hip joint of the patient reconstructed from a medical scan of the hip joint. The resection guide includes a plurality of guiding formations defined on the resection guide and having patient-specific shapes and orientations for guiding corresponding osteotomies relative to the acetabulum for correcting hip dysplasia.

Claims (36)

1. A hip-joint device comprising:

a patient-specific acetabular resection guide including:

a dome-shaped surface bounded by a periphery, the dome-shaped surface is a patient-specific three-dimensional surface designed to anatomically match, and is adapted to be received into, an acetabulum of a pelvis of the patient in one position, based on a three-dimensional image of a hip joint of the patient reconstructed from a medical scan of the hip joint; and

a plurality of guiding formations defined on the resection guide, the guiding formations having patient-specific shapes and orientations for guiding corresponding osteotomies relative to the acetabulum for resecting and separating the acetabulum from the pelvis, and enabling rotation of the acetabulum relative to the pelvis of the patient for correcting hip dysplasia of the patient.

2. The hip-joint device of claim 1 , wherein the acetabular resection guide includes an annular flange extending from the periphery of the dome-shaped surface, the annular flange having a bone-engaging surface positionable on a periacetabular area of the acetabulum of the patient, and wherein the plurality of resection guiding formations are defined through the annular flange.

3. The hip-joint device of claim 2 , wherein the bone-engaging surface of the annular flange is patient-specific.

4. The hip-joint device of claim 2 , wherein the guiding formations are elongated slots for guiding a cutting blade.

5. The hip-joint device of claim 4 , wherein at least two of the elongated slots intersect.

6. The hip-joint device of claim 2 , wherein the elongated slots are arranged peripherally around the periphery of the dome-shaped surface.

7. The hip-joint device of claim 2 , wherein at least one guiding formation is an elongated slot designed for an optional single open osteotomy.

8. The hip-joint device of claim 2 , wherein at least one guiding formation is an elongated arcuate slot.

9. The hip-joint device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an implantable acetabular shell receivable in the patient's acetabulum; and

an implantable patient-specific acetabular augment prepared based on a three-dimensional image of the hip joint of the patient showing an acetabular defect, the acetabular augment having a first patient-specific surface for correcting the acetabular defect and an opposite second surface mateable with an outer surface of the acetabular shell.

10. The hip-joint device of claim 9 , wherein the acetabular shell is patient-specific.

11. A hip-joint device comprising:

a patient-specific acetabular resection guide including:

a dome-shaped surface bounded by a periphery, wherein the dome-shaped surface is a three-dimensional patient-specific surface designed to anatomically match, and is adapted to be received into an acetabulum of a pelvis of a patient, based on a three-dimensional image of a hip joint of the patient reconstructed from a medical scan of the hip joint;

an annular flange extending from the periphery of the dome-shaped surface, the annular flange having a patient-specific bone-engaging surface engageable to a periacetabular area of the acetabulum of the patient, and

a plurality of elongated slots defined by the flange and oriented around the periphery in a patient-specific orientation for guiding a cutting instrument to resect and separate the acetabulum from the pelvis in order to rotate the acetabulum relative to the pelvis.

12. The hip joint device of claim 11 , further comprising:

an implantable acetabular shell receivable in the patient's acetabulum; and

an implantable patient-specific acetabular augment prepared based on a three-dimensional image of the hip joint of the patient showing an acetabular defect, the acetabular augment having a first patient-specific surface for correcting the acetabular defect and an opposite second surface mateable with an outer surface of the acetabular shell.

13. A hip-joint device comprising:

a patient-specific acetabular resection guide configured to guide resection of bone around the acetabulum and prepare the acetabulum to receive an implantable acetabular shell, the guide including:

a dome-shaped surface bounded by a periphery, the dome-shaped surface is a patient-specific three-dimensional surface adapted to both anatomically match and be received into the acetabulum in one position based on a three-dimensional image of a hip joint of the patient reconstructed from a medical scan of the hip joint;

an annular flange extending from a periphery of the dome-shaped surface, the annular flange includes a bone-engaging surface positionable on a periacetabular area of the hip-joint around the acetabulum; and

a plurality of guiding formations defined through the annular flange, the guiding formations including patient-specific shapes and orientations for guiding corresponding osteotomies relative to the acetabulum for resecting and separating the acetabulum from the pelvis, and enabling rotation of the acetabulum relative to a pelvis of the patient to correct hip dysplasia of the patient.

14. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , further comprising:

an implantable patient-specific acetabular augment prepared based on a three-dimensional image of the hip joint of the patient showing an acetabular defect, the acetabular augment having a first patient-specific surface for correcting the acetabular defect and an opposite second surface mateable with an outer surface of the acetabular shell.

15. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein the guiding formations are elongated slots for guiding a cutting blade.

16. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein at least two of the elongated slots intersect.

17. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the plurality of guiding formations is configured to guide a cutting blade to the hip-joint for a single open osteotomy.

18. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the plurality of guiding formations is an elongated arcuate slot.

19. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the plurality of guiding formations is angled and adapted to direct saw blades away from the acetabulum.

20. The hip-joint device of claim 13 , wherein the guiding formations are configured to direct saw blades to the hip-joint superior to the acetabulum and inferior to the acetabulum.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 20, 2014
From: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
To: BIOMET MANUFACTURING, LLC
Reel/Frame 033151/0784 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2014
From: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
To: BIOMET MANUFACTURING, LLC
Reel/Frame 032971/0963 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2011
From: WITT, TYLER; MERIDEW, JASON; WHITE, JOHN; HERSHBERGER, TROY; METZGER, ROBERT
To: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
Reel/Frame 026820/0124 →
Continuity (31)
Continuation In Part 12973214 · Dec 20, 2010
Continuation In Part 12955361 · Nov 29, 2010
Continuation In Part 12935905 · Nov 3, 2010
Continuation In Part 12938913 · Nov 3, 2010
Continuation 12893306 · Sep 29, 2010
Continuation In Part 12888005 · Sep 22, 2010
Continuation In Part 12571969 · Oct 1, 2009
Continuation In Part 12486992 · Jun 18, 2009
Continuation In Part 12389901 · Feb 20, 2009
Continuation In Part 12211407 · Sep 16, 2008
Continuation In Part 12039849 · Feb 29, 2008
Continuation In Part 11756057 · May 31, 2007
Continuation In Part 11971390 · Jan 9, 2008
Continuation In Part 11363548 · Feb 27, 2006
Continuation In Part 12025414 · Feb 4, 2008
Continuation In Part 12978069
Continuation In Part 12872663 · Aug 31, 2010
Continuation In Part 12483807 · Jun 12, 2009
Continuation In Part 12371096 · Feb 13, 2009
Continuation In Part 12103824 · Apr 16, 2008
Continuation In Part 12978069
Continuation In Part 12103834 · Apr 16, 2008
Provisional Application 60953620 · Aug 2, 2007
Provisional Application 60947813 · Jul 3, 2007
Provisional Application 60911297 · Apr 12, 2007
Provisional Application 60892349 · Mar 1, 2007
Provisional Application 60812694 · Jun 9, 2006
Provisional Application 60953637 · Aug 2, 2007
Provisional Application 61310752 · Mar 5, 2010
Provisional Application 60912178 · Apr 17, 2007
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