DESIGN OF AN IMPLANT FOR CARTILAGE REPAIR

摘要

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to design methods for designing the surface of an individually customized implant for cartilage repair, comprising receiving image data representing a three dimensional image of a joint, identifying cartilage damage in the image data, determining the position of an implant to be used for cartilage repair, simulating a healthy surface at the determined implant position, and designing the surface of the implant to match the simulated healthy surface.