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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas Loring, Englewood, NJ (US);
Stephen G. Gilbert, Morrisville, PA (US);
Victor Chan, Landing, NJ (US);
Chulho Pak, Ewing, NJ (US);
Michael Daniels, Warsaw, IN (US);
Greg Horton, Kansas City, KS (US);
James K. Deorio, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Coughlin, Boise, ID (US);
Keith Wapner, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of alignment for resection of tissue including obtaining a surgical device comprising an alignment guide, a first guide structure and a second guide structure; securing the alignment guide to a bone, the alignment guide including a positioning block; placing the first guide structure onto the positioning block of the alignment guide; viewing a target location of a first resection plane on the bone using the first guide structure; adjusting the target location of the first resection plane by adjusting a position of the first guide structure; attaching the second guide structure to the first guide structure; viewing a target location of a second resection plane on the bone using the second guide structure; and adjusting the target location of the second resection plane by adjusting a position of the second guide structure.