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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jose F. Guzman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Gordon Dodds, Feldkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/142 (2016.11); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0801 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method for cutting a bone of a patient using a bone saw tool that includes determining a cutting region that corresponds to a region of the bone to be cut and determining the position of the bone saw tool in the coordinate system. The method includes activating a bone saw blade guard of the bone saw tool if the bone saw tool is outside the cutting region.