Patient-matched instruments

Patent Number: 9386994

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

Patient-matched surgical instruments, and methods for making patient-matched surgical instruments, may include patient-matched surgical instruments having an anatomy facing side with several discrete, physically separate anatomy contacting portions configured to match the anatomy of a particular patient. The anatomy contacting portions may be one or more of non-uniform in distribution, non-uniform in shape or non-uniform in surface area.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
David L. Evans - - -
Abraham Biglari Salehi - - -
Michael Dean Hughes - - -
Aashiish Agnihotri - - -
Jeffrey A. Sharp - - -
Luke Andrew Gibson - - -
David Timothy Mehl - - -
Thomas S. Wolfe - - -
Maroun Hanna Tarsha - - -
Andrew Justin Wald - - -
Patrick Brian Conway - - -
Jennifer Allyn Griffin - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 61 B 17 58
A 61 B 17 15
A 61 B 19 00
A 61 B 17 56

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Smith & Nephew, Inc. - - - - -