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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Murray John Penner, Vancouver, CA;
Julia C. Alspaugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Jesse G. Moore, Germantown, 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);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guide for use in cutting a bone is disclosed. The guide includes a bone contacting surface contoured to conformably mate with a first bone surface when placed against the first bone surface, and a guide surface that is spaced apart from the bone contacting surface. At least one prescribed patient-specific depth of cut information is provided on the guide surface that corresponds to the desired depth of cut being made using the guide.