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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Ryan Woodard, Memphis, TN (US);
Brian Robert Thoren, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidance system comprises a first guide configured to be detachably mounted to a first portion of a bone. The first guide has a first axis for alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the bone. A second guide is mountable on the first guide. The second guide is slidably translatable in a transverse direction relative to the first axis. A third guide is mountable on the second guide. The third guide is selectively positionable along a curved path extending at least part way around the longitudinal axis.