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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas R. Duquin, Warsaw, IN (US);
Robert E Montgomery, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Robert Douglas Krebs, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1778 (2016.11);
Abstract
A device may include a cutting instrument configured to cut a bone of a patient with one or more cutting features. A device may include a guide configured to mount to the bone, the guide defining an aperture having a guide hole portion and a pilot hole portion, wherein the pilot hole portion is configured to initially receive a portion of the bone cutting instrument, and wherein an axis of the pilot hole portion is oriented at an acute angle relative to an axis of the guide hole portion.