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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
May. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas B Mains, Wheaton, IL (US);
Kenneth E Merte, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 83 ; 128 / ; 1283 / ; 128305 ;
Abstract
A method and guide assembly for use in a tibial osteotomy wherein two pairs of parallel guide pins are inserted into the tibia at a predetermined angle with respect to each other through a guide block. The adjacent surfaces of the pairs of pins are then used to precisely guide a saw by which a wedge-shaped segment of the tibia is removed.
Mains, Douglas. (1983). Tibial osteotomy guide assembly and method (U.S. Patent No. 4421112). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4421112
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