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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Biomet Sports Medicine, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
William Maxson, Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/8095 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2892 (2013.01);
Abstract
Patient-specific guides for a tibial tubercle osteotomy are provided. The guides include a guide body defining a portion with a bone-engaging surface that conforms as a negative surface to a corresponding surface of a specific patient's tibia, and a guide portion that guides a surgical instrument to a specific location on the specific patient's tibia, wherein the bone-engaging surface and guide portion are configured during a pre-operative planning stage. Methods for performing a tibial tubercle osteotomy with the patient-specific guides are also provided.