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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Fusion Orthopedics, Llc, Mesa, AZ (US);
Adam J. Cundiff, Mesa, AZ (US);
Nathan G. Peterson, Mesa, AZ (US);
Fusion Orthopedics, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US);
Abstract
Surgical instruments for performing wedge-shaped osteotomies are disclosed herein. One surgical instrument includes a body including a distal end, a proximal end, and a top surface. The top surface includes a slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end. Multiple columns of cutting blades positioned on the top surface and each of the cutting blades includes a respective uniform height that extends vertically along at least a portion of the slope. Another surgical instrument includes a top surface including a flat plane. Multiple columns of cutting blades are positioned on the top surface and the columns of cutting blades are spaced apart and positioned on at least a portion of the top surface. Each cutting blade extends horizontally along the top surface and includes an increasing slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end.