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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Sorin Siegler, Narberth, PA (US);
Inventor:
Sorin Siegler, Narberth, PA (US);
Assignee:
DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61F 2/4606 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract
An alignment guide for total ankle replacement surgery and a method of creating and using the alignment guide. The alignment guide has a surface that interfaces with a corresponding surface of a superior aspect a talus of a patient, and as second surface portion that interfaces with a corresponding distal surface of a section of a tibia of the patient. When the alignment guide is in position, it maintains the ankle of the patient in a preselected position.