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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Skeletal Dynamics, Inc, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SKELETAL DYNAMICS, INC., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02);
Abstract
Disclosed is a bone cutting and shortening system and the method of using the same, the system comprising a bone plate and a cutting guide adapted to slidingly engage by inserting the cutting guide into the bone plate from the overhead direction, the cutting guide adapted to facilitate parallel cutting planes on a bone at precisely ascertainable offset distances, and the bone plate adapted to stabilize the shortened bone after cutting.