Custom three dimensional forming of surgical guides

Abstract

A kit including a medical guide template, and a sterilizable receptacle accommodating the guide template, the kit being configured to allow deformation of the template into an operational medical guide.

1 . A process for generation of an operational medical guide, the process comprising:
 providing a medical guide template   making the medical guide template malleable,   deforming the malleable medical guide template into an operational medical guide having a desired and structural configuration, wherein the deforming comprises applying stress on at least a part of the medical guide template; and   rigidifying the structural conformation of the operational medical guide thereby obtaining an operational medical guide with a desired fixed structural configuration.   
     
     
         2 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the rigidifying comprises curing and wherein the curing comprises cooling; heating, exposing the template to oxygen, electric current, electric induction or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein said medical guide template comprises or made of a curable material. 
     
     
         4 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein making the medical guide template malleable comprises applying one or more of irradiation, heating, cooling, electric current, electric induction, or any combination thereof on the medical guide template. 
     
     
         5 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the operational medical guide is configured to facilitate or assist in delivery of at least one medical device to a target area along one or more trajectories defined by the fixed structural configuration of the operational medical guide. 
     
     
         6 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the applying stress comprises stretching, applying pressure, bending, twisting or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . A process for generation of an operational medical guide, the process comprising:
 providing a medical guide template having a malleable structural configuration,   deforming the medical guide template into an operational medical guide having a desired and structural configuration, wherein the deforming comprises applying stress on at least a part of the medical guide template; and   rigidifying the structural conformation of the medical guide thereby obtaining an operational medical guide with a desired fixed structural configuration;   wherein the entire process is performed while the medical guide template is enclosed within a receptacle configured to maintain sterility of the medical guide template.   
     
     
         8 . The process of  claim 7 , wherein the rigidifying comprises curing, and wherein the curing comprises cooling, heating, exposing the template to oxygen, cooling, electric current, electric induction or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The process of  claim 7 , wherein the rigidifying comprises locking, wherein the locking comprises press locking and/or pushing a pin. 
     
     
         10 . The process of  claim 7 , wherein said medical guide template comprises or is made of a curable material. 
     
     
         11 . The process of  claim 7 , wherein the medical guide template is inherently malleable. 
     
     
         12 . The process of  claim 7 , further comprising making the medical guide template malleable prior to the deformation. 
     
     
         13 . The process of  claim 12 , wherein making the medical guide template malleable comprises applying one or more of irradiation, heating, cooling, electric current, electric induction, or any combination thereof on the medical guide template. 
     
     
         14 . A medical procedure comprising:
 obtaining a medical guide template having a malleable structural configuration,   obtaining an image of an anatomical structure and imposing a coordinate system thereon, wherein the coordinate system identifies a desired trajectory of a medical device;   determining a desired structural configuration of the medical guide template based on the identified trajectory;   deforming the medical guide template into an operational medical guide having the desired structural configuration, wherein the deforming comprises applying stress on at least a part of the medical guide template; and   curing the operational medical guide, thereby rigidifying the structural conformation of the medical guide so as to obtain an operational medical guide with the desired structural configuration being fixed;   directing a medical device along the trajectory using the operational medical guide, thereby assisting in the performing of the medical procedure.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the curing comprises cooling, heating, exposing the template to oxygen, electric current, electric induction or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising making the medical guide template malleable prior to the deformation. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein making the medical guide template malleable comprises applying one or more of irradiation, heating, cooling, electric current, electric induction, or any combination thereof on the medical guide template. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the medical procedure is a surgical procedure. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the medical procedure is selected from hip replacement, knee replacement, an ENT procedure, a dental procedure, a spinal procedure. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the medical procedure is a brain surgery.