Appeal No. 2006-0981 Page 2
Application No. 10/036,618
1. A method for preparing an anatomical implant, comprising the steps of:
in a medical interventional [sic] procedure, intra-operatively
generating a three-dimensional dataset [sic] of body tissue of a subject
exhibiting a fault to be corrected by an implant from a series of two
dimensional projections of the body tissue obtained from respectively
different projection directions with a movable C-arm x-ray apparatus, by
moving an x-ray source and a radiation receiver on a C-arm around said
subject, and
in said medical interventional procedure, Intra-operatively [sic]
preparing said implant adapted for introduction into said subject from said
three-dimensional dataset.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said C-arm has an orbital axis,
and wherein the step of moving an x-ray source and a radiation receiver
on a C-arm around said subject comprises moving said x-ray source and
said radiation receiver on said C-arm through at least approximately 190°
around said orbital axis.
8. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said C-arm has an angulation
axis, and wherein the step of moving an x-ray source and a radiation
receiver on a C-arm around said subject comprises moving said x-ray
source and said radiation receiver on said C-arm through at least
approximately 190° around said angulation axis.
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent
No. 4,436,684 ("White") and U.S. Patent No. 6,285,902 ("Kienzle"). Claims 7-10 stand
rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over White; Kienzle; and U.S. Patent No. 6,007,243
("Ergun").
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