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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2024
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Daniel D. Fritzinger, Warsaw, IN (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A number of low-profile metallic orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. An orthopaedic surgical instrument may include a metallic base plate sized to be positioned on a patient's bone, where the base plate includes (i) a bone-facing surface having a first elongated opening defined therein and (ii) an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface, and a metallic guide body extending from the outer surface of the base plate to a free end having a second elongated opening defined therein, where a number of inner walls extend between the first and second elongated openings and define a cutting guide slot sized and shaped to guide a cutting blade into engagement with the patient's bone, and the number of inner walls includes a medial inner wall and a lateral inner wall that extend at an oblique angle relative to one another.