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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Jorge L. Orbay, Miami, FL (US);
Antonio R. Orbay-cerrato, San Juan, PR (US);
Dennis J. Moreno, Miami, FL (US);
Robert Richards, New Haven, CT (US);
Erik Carlson, Newington, CT (US);
Jorge L. Orbay, Miami, FL (US);
Antonio R. Orbay-Cerrato, San Juan, PR (US);
Dennis J. Moreno, Miami, FL (US);
Robert Richards, New Haven, CT (US);
Erik Carlson, Newington, CT (US);
Skeletal Dynamics, L.L.C., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods used to customize the length of fasteners used during orthopedic surgeries, comprising creating a hole of the desired depth in a bone, measuring the depth of the hole using a depth measuring device, calculating, using the depth measuring device, the optimal length dimension of the fastener, transferring the calculated fastener optimal length dimension to a fastener cutting device, inserting a fastener having a length exceeding the optimal length dimension into the fastener cutting device, and cutting the fastener to the optimal length dimension using the fastener cutting device.