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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2023
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Nicolas Demanget, Cambridge, MA (US);
James Brownhill, Norton, MA (US);
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Abstract
Provisional alignment tools and associated methods for computer-assisted orthopaedic surgical procedures are disclosed. One such method comprises pinning a bone tracking assembly to a patient's bone, attaching a provisional alignment tool to the bone tracking assembly such that the provisional alignment tool maintains a cutting guide attached to the provisional alignment tool in an initial position, receiving feedback from a surgical navigation system regarding a difference between the initial position and a planned position for the cutting guide in a surgical plan for the orthopaedic surgical procedure, adjusting one or more components of the provisional alignment tool to move the cutting guide into the planned position, pinning the cutting guide to the patient's bone while the provisional alignment tool maintains the cutting guide in the planned position, and cutting the patient's bone while the bone tracking assembly remains pinned to the patient's bone.