Provided is a method for forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device. The method includes accessing a first computer-readable reconstruction of a being's anatomy; accessing a second computer-readable reconstruction of an implant; accessing a third computer-readable reconstruction comprising the first computer-readable reconstruction superimposed with the second computer readable reconstruction; generating at least one computer-readable trace from a point cloud; and forming an implant with an autonomous manufacturing device, wherein the autonomous manufacturing device forms the implant into a shape defined by at least one dimension of the computer-readable trace.

A membrane having at least one strip of a shape memory material and the at least one strip is sandwiched between a first layer and a second layer. A method for guiding bone regeneration which excludes the use of a tenting screw is also disclosed. The membrane may be useful for gradual displacing of the soft tissue covering bones. The gap developing between the bone and the displaced soft tissue may be filled with regenerated bone. The membrane allows the regenerated bone to form while the soft tissue heals. The membrane and method may be useful in dentistry for treating vertical bone defects. The membrane and method may also be useful for regenerating soft tissue between the bone and the displaced soft tissue.

Provided is an implant, including a chamber having an interior radius wherein the interior radius has a flange, a cover slip, a cup, a setting member, a securing member, a resistance member, and an opposing member, wherein the cover slip, cup, resisting member, and setting member are attached to one another, the setting member sets on a flange and the securing member secures the setting member to the flange, the resistance member includes a flexibility and a longitudinal axis with a length wherein the flexibility permits modification of the length, and the opposing member sets a minimum length of the longitudinal axis. Also provided is a method of using said implant including affixing the chamber to a skull of a mammal.

An alloplastic implant for bridging osteotomy border gaps and irregularities in a mandible body. The alloplastic implant has an implant body of biocompatible, alloplastic material with a substantially J-shaped profile contour. The implant body has a vertical component with a substantially flat surface for being disposed toward a face surface of the mandible body, a lateral component that is semi-circular in profile and that mimics a contour of the inferior border of the mandible body, and a transverse component. The implant body is dimensioned to bridge border gaps and irregularities in the mandible body in a method for bridging such gaps and irregularities with the vertical component positioned to span a portion of the face surface of the mandible body and the lateral component positioned to overlie the inferior border of the mandible body. Immobilization of the implant body relative to the mandible body can be achieved by mechanical fastening.

The invention relates to a bone implant for attaching to on a surface of a bone, including a base body whose lower side and/or upper side correspond(s) substantially to a deformation-free bone outer contour, wherein the outer dimensions of the base body are chosen such that the base body covers a specifically introduced deformation region for obtaining autologous bone material completely, wherein in the base body at least one slot is provided which is dimensioned such that it guides a bone marking and/or bone processing tool inserted in the slot in use.

Bone reconstruction implants and systems comprising the implants are provided. The implants and systems find use in monitoring and/or modulating the health of a patient. The bone reconstruction implants may be contoured to conform to the surface contours of a bony defect and comprise one or more functional elements. The functional elements may be positioned within the bone reconstruction implant so as to maximize alignment or interaction with functional elements in implanted medical devices, internal anatomical features or external devices.

The present application relates to an eye socket covering grid that includes a curved main body with an external closing edge, a lower side which, in the implanted state, is facing the bone or bones forming the eye socket, and an upper side distant from the lower side, wherein at least one optically identifiable linear channel for representing at least one insertion vector is formed on the upper side. The application also relates to a method for producing such an eye socket covering grid, in particular an eye socket covering grid adapted in a patient-specific manner.

An intracranial prosthesis comprised of a flat body having an interior ultrasound-compatible window and means about the outer portion capable of engaging a plurality of diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems so that a practicing medical professional can monitor certain parameters of a patient or deliver therapeutic agents to the patient while using an ultrasound-monitoring device to image the patient's brain. The prosthesis is designed to allow for the continuous, uninterrupted, simultaneous monitoring of a number of parameters of a patient's brain at the patient's bedside.

The invention describes a system for producing a cranial operculum for a living being comprising: an acquisition device configured to define an area of planned removal of cranial bone on the skull of the living being; a first 3D detection device configured for 3D detection of the shape of the skull cap to be removed which is included in said area of planned removal of cranial bone; a second detection device configured to detect the points of the margin of the crater in the cranial bone after removal of the part of skull cap included in said area of planned removal; an electronic digital fabrication device configured to produce three-dimensional objects; a processing unit in data communication with said acquisition device, said first 3D detection device, said second detection device for detecting the points of the margin of the crater in the cranial bone and said electronic digital fabrication device, wherein said processing unit is configured to define a 3D digital model of the cranial operculum based on the skull cap shape detected by said first detection device in 3D and based on the margin of the crater in the cranial bone detected by said second detection device 3D.

The invention further discloses a corresponding method for producing a cranial operculum for a living being, in particular implemented by means of a computer.

A burr hole cover includes a cap or cap assembly and a retainer and is configured to be partially positioned within a burr hole formed in a patient. The retainer has a cap-receiving aperture; a plurality of grooves provided in the retainer and a plurality of cut-outs wherein each cut-out is provided at an end of each groove towards the outer perimeter of the retainer. A channel may be provided at an opposite end of each groove vertically-extending from the top to the bottom of the retainer to encourage a medical device segment to remain in a groove during installation of the burr hole cover. The burr hole cover may be used to secure segments of medical devices relative to a burr hole and to allow a range of lateral motion for the portion(s) of the medical device(s) extending proximally out of the corresponding groove.