A "deformed position" refers to an anatomical structure that is positioned to form, include, or is at least part of a deformity. … more A "deformed position" refers to an anatomical structure that is positioned to form, include, or is at least part of a deformity.

"Position" refers to a place or location. (Search "position" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2024. Web. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.) A position may be defined in a virtual environment such as in a model or set of models defined by and presented by a computing device. In addition, a position may be a place or location in a tangible physical environment such as in a space, on land, within or on a system, assembly, component, a patient, or other structure. … more "Position" refers to a place or location. (Search "position" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2024. Web. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.) A position may be defined in a virtual environment such as in a model or set of models defined by and presented by a computing device. In addition, a position may be a place or location in a tangible physical environment such as in a space, on land, within or on a system, assembly, component, a patient, or other structure.

"Non-bone-facing side" refers to a side of an object, structure, instrument, or apparatus, such as an implant or instrument that is not oriented toward and/or does not face one or more bones of a patient during use of a device that includes the non-bone-facing side. In certain embodiments, a non-bone-facing side can be a side that is directly opposite a bone-facing side of the same device, object, structure, or apparatus. … more "Non-bone-facing side" refers to a side of an object, structure, instrument, or apparatus, such as an implant or instrument that is not oriented toward and/or does not face one or more bones of a patient during use of a device that includes the non-bone-facing side. In certain embodiments, a non-bone-facing side can be a side that is directly opposite a bone-facing side of the same device, object, structure, or apparatus.

As used herein, "bone-facing side" refers to a side of an object, structure, instrument, or apparatus, such as an implant or instrument that is oriented toward or faces one or more bones of a patient when a device that includes the bone-facing side is in use. In one aspect, the bone-facing side may abut, touch, or contact a surface of a bone. In another aspect, the bone-facing side or parts of the bone-facing side may be close to, but not abut, touch, or contact a surface of the bone. … more As used herein, "bone-facing side" refers to a side of an object, structure, instrument, or apparatus, such as an implant or instrument that is oriented toward or faces one or more bones of a patient when a device that includes the bone-facing side is in use. In one aspect, the bone-facing side may abut, touch, or contact a surface of a bone. In another aspect, the bone-facing side or parts of the bone-facing side may be close to, but not abut, touch, or contact a surface of the bone.

"Bone engagement member" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to connect, join, link, contact, touch, abut, interface with, couple to, or engage with a bone, a bone part, bony topography (e.g., bone spurs and calcifications), anatomical bone feature, and/or a bone fragment. The connection, coupling, linkage, contact, or engagement may be a mechanical connection or interconnection. A bone engagement member may enable temporary engagement with a bone or bone fragment or permanent engagement with a bone or bone fragment. A bone engagement member may include a bone engagement surface, a bone engagement feature, a body section that supports the bone engagement surface, or the like. In certain embodiments, a bone engagement member may include a bone probe or a joint seeker. In one embodiment, a bone engagement member may include a landmark registration feature. Alternatively, or in addition, a bone engagement member can include a bone attachment feature configured to engage with bone and/or to cooperate with a fastener to engage with bone. A patient-specific bone engagement member is a bone engagement member that includes one or more aspects that are patient-specific. The patient-specific aspects can include, but are not limited to, a surface contour, a contour for a part of a surface, a position for a resection feature, a size, shape and/or configuration of a resection feature, a position, size, shape, and/or number of bone attachment features, or the like. … more "Bone engagement member" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to connect, join, link, contact, touch, abut, interface with, couple to, or engage with a bone, a bone part, bony topography (e.g., bone spurs and calcifications), anatomical bone feature, and/or a bone fragment. The connection, coupling, linkage, contact, or engagement may be a mechanical connection or interconnection. A bone engagement member may enable temporary engagement with a bone or bone fragment or permanent engagement with a bone or bone fragment. A bone engagement member may include a bone engagement surface, a bone engagement feature, a body section that supports the bone engagement surface, or the like. In certain embodiments, a bone engagement member may include a bone probe or a joint seeker. In one embodiment, a bone engagement member may include a landmark registration feature. Alternatively, or in addition, a bone engagement member can include a bone attachment feature configured to engage with bone and/or to cooperate with a fastener to engage with bone. A patient-specific bone engagement member is a bone engagement member that includes one or more aspects that are patient-specific. The patient-specific aspects can include, but are not limited to, a surface contour, a contour for a part of a surface, a position for a resection feature, a size, shape and/or configuration of a resection feature, a position, size, shape, and/or number of bone attachment features, or the like.

"Anatomical reference” or "anatomical landmark” refers to any reference or landmark that is, or is on, or is in, is part of, is connected to, is coupled to, or is otherwise associated with an anatomical structure. Examples of anatomical structures, include but are not limited to, a bone, bones, soft tissue, a joint, joints, skin, hard tissue, teeth, mouth, eyes, hair, nails, fingers, toes, legs, arms, torso, vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, organs, a hole, a post, a plurality of holes, a plurality of posts, or the like. An anatomical reference can be used as a reference or landmark for one or more steps, stages, and/or aspects, or activities in connection with a procedure, including, but not limited to, a surgical procedure. … more "Anatomical reference” or "anatomical landmark” refers to any reference or landmark that is, or is on, or is in, is part of, is connected to, is coupled to, or is otherwise associated with an anatomical structure. Examples of anatomical structures, include but are not limited to, a bone, bones, soft tissue, a joint, joints, skin, hard tissue, teeth, mouth, eyes, hair, nails, fingers, toes, legs, arms, torso, vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, organs, a hole, a post, a plurality of holes, a plurality of posts, or the like. An anatomical reference can be used as a reference or landmark for one or more steps, stages, and/or aspects, or activities in connection with a procedure, including, but not limited to, a surgical procedure.

"Reference” refers to any apparatus, structure, device, system, component, marking, and/or indicator organized, configured, designed, engineered, and/or arranged to serve as a source of information or a point of comparison used to support or establish knowledge, truth, or quality. (© ChatGPT Jan. 9 Version, Modified, accessed chat.openai.com/chat Jan. 28, 2023). In certain embodiments, a reference can serve as a starting point or initial position for one or more steps in a surgical procedure. A reference may be a type of fiducial. In certain embodiments, “reference” can be combined with an adjective describing the reference. For example, a “model reference” is a reference within a model such as a computer model. A model reference refers to any feature, aspect, and/or component within a model. Examples of a model reference include, but are not limited to, a point, a plane, a line, a plurality of points, a surface, an anatomical structure, a shape, or the like. An “anatomical reference” is a reference within, on, near, or otherwise associated with an anatomical structure such as a bone. A reference (e.g., model, actual, virtual, and/or real) may also be referred to as a reference feature. … more "Reference” refers to any apparatus, structure, device, system, component, marking, and/or indicator organized, configured, designed, engineered, and/or arranged to serve as a source of information or a point of comparison used to support or establish knowledge, truth, or quality. (© ChatGPT Jan. 9 Version, Modified, accessed chat.openai.com/chat Jan. 28, 2023). In certain embodiments, a reference can serve as a starting point or initial position for one or more steps in a surgical procedure. A reference may be a type of fiducial. In certain embodiments, “reference” can be combined with an adjective describing the reference. For example, a “model reference” is a reference within a model such as a computer model. A model reference refers to any feature, aspect, and/or component within a model. Examples of a model reference include, but are not limited to, a point, a plane, a line, a plurality of points, a surface, an anatomical structure, a shape, or the like. An “anatomical reference” is a reference within, on, near, or otherwise associated with an anatomical structure such as a bone. A reference (e.g., model, actual, virtual, and/or real) may also be referred to as a reference feature.

"Reference feature” refers to a feature configured for use as a point, plane, axis, or line of reference (aka a reference). A reference or reference feature can be used to position, measure, orient, fixate, couple, engage, and/or align one object or structure with another object or structure. In certain embodiments, a reference or reference feature can serve as a baseline, a ground truth, a waypoint, a control point, a landmark, and/or the like. A reference feature can facilitate moving from one coordinate system or frame of reference in a virtual environment to a position, location, frame of reference, environment, or orientation on, or in, an actual object, structure, device, apparatus, anatomical structure, or the like. Advantageously, a reference feature can coordinate objects, models, or structures in a digital or virtual model or representation with corresponding objects or structures (e.g., anatomical structures) of actual physical objects or structures. Said another way, a reference feature can serve to map from a virtual or modeled object to an actual or physical object. … more "Reference feature” refers to a feature configured for use as a point, plane, axis, or line of reference (aka a reference). A reference or reference feature can be used to position, measure, orient, fixate, couple, engage, and/or align one object or structure with another object or structure. In certain embodiments, a reference or reference feature can serve as a baseline, a ground truth, a waypoint, a control point, a landmark, and/or the like. A reference feature can facilitate moving from one coordinate system or frame of reference in a virtual environment to a position, location, frame of reference, environment, or orientation on, or in, an actual object, structure, device, apparatus, anatomical structure, or the like. Advantageously, a reference feature can coordinate objects, models, or structures in a digital or virtual model or representation with corresponding objects or structures (e.g., anatomical structures) of actual physical objects or structures. Said another way, a reference feature can serve to map from a virtual or modeled object to an actual or physical object.

“Reference feature guide” refers to a guide that serves to aid in forming and/or deploying one or more reference features. Examples of reference feature guides include but are not limited to a hole, a round hole, a channel, a slot, a plurality of holes, a fence, a backstop, a guard, a fastener, a pilot hole, a blind hole, a chute, a ramp, or the like. … more “Reference feature guide” refers to a guide that serves to aid in forming and/or deploying one or more reference features. Examples of reference feature guides include but are not limited to a hole, a round hole, a channel, a slot, a plurality of holes, a fence, a backstop, a guard, a fastener, a pilot hole, a blind hole, a chute, a ramp, or the like.

"Minimally invasive surgery" or "minimal invasive surgery" (MIS surgery) refers to one or more surgical techniques that limits the size of incisions needed for a surgical procedure, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and risk of infection. Surgery by definition is invasive, and many operations requiring incisions of some size are referred to as open surgery. (Search "minimally invasive surgery" on Wikipedia.com Jan. 29, 2023. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed Jan. 30, 2023.) … more "Minimally invasive surgery" or "minimal invasive surgery" (MIS surgery) refers to one or more surgical techniques that limits the size of incisions needed for a surgical procedure, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and risk of infection. Surgery by definition is invasive, and many operations requiring incisions of some size are referred to as open surgery. (Search "minimally invasive surgery" on Wikipedia.com Jan. 29, 2023. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed Jan. 30, 2023.)

As used herein, "image registration" refers to a method, process, module, component, apparatus, and/or system that seeks to achieve precision in the alignment of two images. As used here, "image" may refer to one or more of an image of a structure or object, a time series of images such as a video or other time series, another image, or a model (e.g., a computer-based model or a physical model, in either two dimensions or three dimensions). In the simplest case of image registration, two images are aligned. One image may serve as the target image and the other as a source image; the source image is transformed, positioned, realigned, and/or modified to match the target image. An optimization procedure may be applied that updates the transformation of the source image based on a similarity value that evaluates the current quality of the alignment. An iterative procedure of optimization may be repeated until a (local) optimum is found. An example is the registration of CT and PET images to combine structural and metabolic information. Image registration can be used in a variety of medical applications: Studying temporal changes; Longitudinal studies may acquire images over several months or years to study long-term processes, such as disease progression. Time series correspond to images acquired within the same session (seconds or minutes). Time series images can be used to study cognitive processes, heart deformations and respiration; Combining complementary information from different imaging modalities. One example may be the fusion of anatomical and functional information. Since the size and shape of structures vary across modalities, evaluating the alignment quality can be more challenging. Thus, similarity measures such as mutual information may be used; Characterizing a population of subjects. In contrast to intra-subject registration, a one-to-one mapping may not exist between subjects, depending on the structural variability of the organ of interest. Inter-subject registration may be used for atlas construction in computational anatomy. Here, the objective may be to statistically model the anatomy of organs across subjects; Computer-assisted surgery: in computer-assisted surgery pre-operative images such as CT or MRI may be registered to intra-operative images or tracking systems to facilitate image guidance or navigation. Image registration can be done using an intrinsic method or an extrinsic method or a combination of both. The extrinsic image registration method uses an outside object that is introduced into the physical space where the image was taken. The outside object may be referred to using different names herein such as a "reference," "visual reference," "visualization reference," "reference point," "reference marker," "patient reference," or "fiducial marker." The intrinsic image registration method uses information from the image of the patient, such as landmarks and object surfaces. There may be several considerations made when performing image registration: The transformation model. Common choices are rigid, affine, and deformable (i.e., nonlinear) transformation models. B-spline and thin plate spline models are commonly used for parameterized transformation fields. Non-parametric or dense deformation fields carry a displacement vector at every grid location; this may use additional regularization constraints. A specific class of deformation fields are diffeomorphisms, which are invertible transformations with a smooth inverse; The similarity metric. A distance or similarity function is used to quantify the registration quality. This similarity can be calculated either on the original images or on features extracted from the images. Common similarity measures are sum of squared distances (SSD), correlation coefficient, and mutual information. The choice of similarity measure depends on whether the images are from the same modality; the acquisition noise can also play a role in this decision. For example, SSD may be the optimal similarity measure for images of the same modality with Gaussian noise. However, the image statistics in ultrasound may be significantly different from Gaussian noise, leading to the introduction of ultrasound specific similarity measures. Multi-modal registration may use a more sophisticated similarity measure; alternatively, a different image representation can be used, such as structural representations or registering adjacent anatomy; The optimization procedure. Either continuous or discrete optimization is performed. For continuous optimization, gradient-based optimization techniques are applied to improve the convergence speed.(Search "medical image computing" on Wikipedia.com June 24, 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 25, 2021.) … more As used herein, "image registration" refers to a method, process, module, component, apparatus, and/or system that seeks to achieve precision in the alignment of two images. As used here, "image" may refer to one or more of an image of a structure or object, a time series of images such as a video or other time series, another image, or a model (e.g., a computer-based model or a physical model, in either two dimensions or three dimensions). In the simplest case of image registration, two images are aligned. One image may serve as the target image and the other as a source image; the source image is transformed, positioned, realigned, and/or modified to match the target image. An optimization procedure may be applied that updates the transformation of the source image based on a similarity value that evaluates the current quality of the alignment. An iterative procedure of optimization may be repeated until a (local) optimum is found. An example is the registration of CT and PET images to combine structural and metabolic information. Image registration can be used in a variety of medical applications: Studying temporal changes; Longitudinal studies may acquire images over several months or years to study long-term processes, such as disease progression. Time series correspond to images acquired within the same session (seconds or minutes). Time series images can be used to study cognitive processes, heart deformations and respiration; Combining complementary information from different imaging modalities. One example may be the fusion of anatomical and functional information. Since the size and shape of structures vary across modalities, evaluating the alignment quality can be more challenging. Thus, similarity measures such as mutual information may be used; Characterizing a population of subjects. In contrast to intra-subject registration, a one-to-one mapping may not exist between subjects, depending on the structural variability of the organ of interest. Inter-subject registration may be used for atlas construction in computational anatomy. Here, the objective may be to statistically model the anatomy of organs across subjects; Computer-assisted surgery: in computer-assisted surgery pre-operative images such as CT or MRI may be registered to intra-operative images or tracking systems to facilitate image guidance or navigation. Image registration can be done using an intrinsic method or an extrinsic method or a combination of both. The extrinsic image registration method uses an outside object that is introduced into the physical space where the image was taken. The outside object may be referred to using different names herein such as a "reference," "visual reference," "visualization reference," "reference point," "reference marker," "patient reference," or "fiducial marker." The intrinsic image registration method uses information from the image of the patient, such as landmarks and object surfaces. There may be several considerations made when performing image registration: The transformation model. Common choices are rigid, affine, and deformable (i.e., nonlinear) transformation models. B-spline and thin plate spline models are commonly used for parameterized transformation fields. Non-parametric or dense deformation fields carry a displacement vector at every grid location; this may use additional regularization constraints. A specific class of deformation fields are diffeomorphisms, which are invertible transformations with a smooth inverse; The similarity metric. A distance or similarity function is used to quantify the registration quality. This similarity can be calculated either on the original images or on features extracted from the images. Common similarity measures are sum of squared distances (SSD), correlation coefficient, and mutual information. The choice of similarity measure depends on whether the images are from the same modality; the acquisition noise can also play a role in this decision. For example, SSD may be the optimal similarity measure for images of the same modality with Gaussian noise. However, the image statistics in ultrasound may be significantly different from Gaussian noise, leading to the introduction of ultrasound specific similarity measures. Multi-modal registration may use a more sophisticated similarity measure; alternatively, a different image representation can be used, such as structural representations or registering adjacent anatomy; The optimization procedure. Either continuous or discrete optimization is performed. For continuous optimization, gradient-based optimization techniques are applied to improve the convergence speed.(Search "medical image computing" on Wikipedia.com June 24, 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 25, 2021.)

As used herein, “additive manufacturing” refers to a manufacturing process in which materials are joined together in a process that repeatedly builds one layer on top of another to generate a three-dimensional structure or object. Additive manufacturing may also be referred to using different terms including additive processes, additive fabrication, additive techniques, additive layer manufacturing, layer manufacturing, freeform fabrication, ASTM F2792 (American Society for Testing and Materials), and 3D printing. Additive manufacturing can build the three-dimensional structure or object using computer-controlled equipment that applies successive layers of the material(s) based on a three-dimensional model that may be defined using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. Additive manufacturing can use a variety of materials including polymers, thermoplastics, metals, ceramics, biochemicals, and the like. Additive manufacturing may provide unique benefits, as an implant together with the pores and/or lattices can be directly manufactured (without the need to generate molds, tool paths, perform any milling, and/or other manufacturing steps). … more As used herein, “additive manufacturing” refers to a manufacturing process in which materials are joined together in a process that repeatedly builds one layer on top of another to generate a three-dimensional structure or object. Additive manufacturing may also be referred to using different terms including additive processes, additive fabrication, additive techniques, additive layer manufacturing, layer manufacturing, freeform fabrication, ASTM F2792 (American Society for Testing and Materials), and 3D printing. Additive manufacturing can build the three-dimensional structure or object using computer-controlled equipment that applies successive layers of the material(s) based on a three-dimensional model that may be defined using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. Additive manufacturing can use a variety of materials including polymers, thermoplastics, metals, ceramics, biochemicals, and the like. Additive manufacturing may provide unique benefits, as an implant together with the pores and/or lattices can be directly manufactured (without the need to generate molds, tool paths, perform any milling, and/or other manufacturing steps).

As used herein, a “sleeve” refers to structure that is narrow and longer longitudinally than the structure is wide. In certain embodiments, a sleeve serves to surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain something else. In certain embodiments, a sleeve may surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain a passage or void. (Search "sleeve" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2021. Web. Accessed 15 Nov. 2021. Modified.) In certain embodiments, the term sleeve may be preceded by an adjective that identifies the structure, implement, component or instrument that may be used with, inserted into or associated with the sleeve. For example, a “pin sleeve” may be configured to accept a pin or wire such as a K-wire, a “drive sleeve” may be configured to accept a drill or drill bit, a “fixation member sleeve” may be configured to accept a fastener or fixation member. A “pin guide sleeve” is a sleeve for a pin guide. The pin guide may be a guide implemented as a pin. … more As used herein, a “sleeve” refers to structure that is narrow and longer longitudinally than the structure is wide. In certain embodiments, a sleeve serves to surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain something else. In certain embodiments, a sleeve may surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain a passage or void. (Search "sleeve" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2021. Web. Accessed 15 Nov. 2021. Modified.) In certain embodiments, the term sleeve may be preceded by an adjective that identifies the structure, implement, component or instrument that may be used with, inserted into or associated with the sleeve. For example, a “pin sleeve” may be configured to accept a pin or wire such as a K-wire, a “drive sleeve” may be configured to accept a drill or drill bit, a “fixation member sleeve” may be configured to accept a fastener or fixation member. A “pin guide sleeve” is a sleeve for a pin guide. The pin guide may be a guide implemented as a pin.

As used herein, "patient specific osteotomy procedure" refers to an osteotomy procedure that has been adjusted, tailored, modified, or configured to specifically address the anatomy, physiology, condition, abnormalities, needs, or desires of a particular patient. In certain aspects, one patient specific osteotomy procedure may be useable in connection with only one patient. In other aspects, one patient specific osteotomy procedure may be useable with a number of patients having a particular class of characteristics. In certain aspects, a patient specific osteotomy procedure may refer to a non-patient specific osteotomy procedure that includes one or more patient specific implants and/or instrumentation. In another aspects, a patient specific osteotomy procedure may refer to a patient specific osteotomy procedure that includes one or more patient specific implants, patient specific surgical steps, and/or patient specific instrumentation. … more As used herein, "patient specific osteotomy procedure" refers to an osteotomy procedure that has been adjusted, tailored, modified, or configured to specifically address the anatomy, physiology, condition, abnormalities, needs, or desires of a particular patient. In certain aspects, one patient specific osteotomy procedure may be useable in connection with only one patient. In other aspects, one patient specific osteotomy procedure may be useable with a number of patients having a particular class of characteristics. In certain aspects, a patient specific osteotomy procedure may refer to a non-patient specific osteotomy procedure that includes one or more patient specific implants and/or instrumentation. In another aspects, a patient specific osteotomy procedure may refer to a patient specific osteotomy procedure that includes one or more patient specific implants, patient specific surgical steps, and/or patient specific instrumentation.

As used herein, a "guide" refers to a part, component, member, or structure designed, adapted, configured, or engineered to guide or direct one or more other parts, components, or structures. A guide may be part of, integrated with, connected to, attachable to, or coupled to, another structure, device, or instrument. In one embodiment, a guide may include a modifier that identifies a particular function, location, orientation, operation, type, and/or a particular structure of the guide. Examples of such modifiers applied to a guide, include, but are not limited to, "pin guide" that guides or directs one or more pins, a "cutting guide" that guides or directs the making or one or more cuts, a placement, deployment, or insertion guide that guides or directs the placement, positioning, orientation, deployment, installation, or insertion of a fastener and/or implant, a "cross fixation guide" that guides deployment of a fastener or fixation member, an "alignment guide" that guides the alignment of two or more objects or structures, a "resection guide" that serves to guide resection of soft or hard tissue, such as in an osteotomy, a "reduction guide" can serve to guide reduction of one or more bone segments or fragments, an "placement guide" that serves to identify how an object can be placed in relation to another object or structure, a “fixation guide” that guides deployment of fasteners or other fixation structures, and the like. Furthermore, guides may include modifiers applied due to the procedure or location within a patient for which the guide is to be used. For example, where a guide is used at a joint, the guide may be referred to herein as an “arthrodesis guide”. … more As used herein, a "guide" refers to a part, component, member, or structure designed, adapted, configured, or engineered to guide or direct one or more other parts, components, or structures. A guide may be part of, integrated with, connected to, attachable to, or coupled to, another structure, device, or instrument. In one embodiment, a guide may include a modifier that identifies a particular function, location, orientation, operation, type, and/or a particular structure of the guide. Examples of such modifiers applied to a guide, include, but are not limited to, "pin guide" that guides or directs one or more pins, a "cutting guide" that guides or directs the making or one or more cuts, a placement, deployment, or insertion guide that guides or directs the placement, positioning, orientation, deployment, installation, or insertion of a fastener and/or implant, a "cross fixation guide" that guides deployment of a fastener or fixation member, an "alignment guide" that guides the alignment of two or more objects or structures, a "resection guide" that serves to guide resection of soft or hard tissue, such as in an osteotomy, a "reduction guide" can serve to guide reduction of one or more bone segments or fragments, an "placement guide" that serves to identify how an object can be placed in relation to another object or structure, a “fixation guide” that guides deployment of fasteners or other fixation structures, and the like. Furthermore, guides may include modifiers applied due to the procedure or location within a patient for which the guide is to be used. For example, where a guide is used at a joint, the guide may be referred to herein as an “arthrodesis guide”.

"Patient-specific angle" refers to an angle that is patient-specific. … more "Patient-specific angle" refers to an angle that is patient-specific.

"Patient-matched trajectory guide" refers to a trajectory guide that is patient-matched. In certain embodiments, a patient-specific trajectory guide is a trajectory guide that can be used on or in connection with a surgical procedure for a plurality of patient who share a common characteristic and/or attribute. A patient-matched trajectory guide serves as a guide for a trajectory to address a condition for the set of patients that satisfy one or more characteristics and/or attributes … more "Patient-matched trajectory guide" refers to a trajectory guide that is patient-matched. In certain embodiments, a patient-specific trajectory guide is a trajectory guide that can be used on or in connection with a surgical procedure for a plurality of patient who share a common characteristic and/or attribute. A patient-matched trajectory guide serves as a guide for a trajectory to address a condition for the set of patients that satisfy one or more characteristics and/or attributes

"Patient-matched" refers to a feature, aspect, attribute, characteristic, instrument, and/or device that is selected from a set of predetermined, predefined, precalculated, preconfigured, prearranged, and/or pre-fabricated structures, apparatuses, devices, instruments or devices to satisfactorily service a user based on a set of characteristics, such as size of an anatomical structure, deformity, fracture, laceration, opening, angles for certain landmarks, angles for a deformity, type of deformity, size of the bone, and the like. In certain embodiments, patient-matched is different from patient-specific. … more "Patient-matched" refers to a feature, aspect, attribute, characteristic, instrument, and/or device that is selected from a set of predetermined, predefined, precalculated, preconfigured, prearranged, and/or pre-fabricated structures, apparatuses, devices, instruments or devices to satisfactorily service a user based on a set of characteristics, such as size of an anatomical structure, deformity, fracture, laceration, opening, angles for certain landmarks, angles for a deformity, type of deformity, size of the bone, and the like. In certain embodiments, patient-matched is different from patient-specific.

"Crosshair" refers to a pair of perpendicular lines or wires of an instrument. A crosshair aids in focusing and alignment by providing a central reference point. (© ChatGPT Aug. 3.5 Version, Modified, accessed chat.openai.com/chat Jan. 8, 2024). … more "Crosshair" refers to a pair of perpendicular lines or wires of an instrument. A crosshair aids in focusing and alignment by providing a central reference point. (© ChatGPT Aug. 3.5 Version, Modified, accessed chat.openai.com/chat Jan. 8, 2024).

"Position indicator" refers to any apparatus, structure, device, system, and/or component organized, configured, designed, engineered, and/or arranged to serve as an indicator of a position for one or more things, objects, structures, apparatuses, systems, features, aspects, attributes or the like. Examples of a position indicator include, but are not limited to, a crosshair, cross hairs, a pin, a wire, a fastener, a hole, an opening, a post, a prong, a probe, a needle, an arrow, a marking, or the like. In certain embodiments, an indicator may communicate a position of one structure or component or system in relation to another. A position indicator may indicate a position of one object relative to another, may indicate a relationship between two objects, may indicate a trajectory of one object relative to another, or the like. … more "Position indicator" refers to any apparatus, structure, device, system, and/or component organized, configured, designed, engineered, and/or arranged to serve as an indicator of a position for one or more things, objects, structures, apparatuses, systems, features, aspects, attributes or the like. Examples of a position indicator include, but are not limited to, a crosshair, cross hairs, a pin, a wire, a fastener, a hole, an opening, a post, a prong, a probe, a needle, an arrow, a marking, or the like. In certain embodiments, an indicator may communicate a position of one structure or component or system in relation to another. A position indicator may indicate a position of one object relative to another, may indicate a relationship between two objects, may indicate a trajectory of one object relative to another, or the like.