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Patent No.:

US 9668747 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015

Patient-specific-bone-cutting guidance instruments and methods

Applicant:

Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);

Troy W. Hershberger, Winona Lake, IN (US);

Assignee:

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew Lawson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/154 (2013.01); A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 2017/32006 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract

An orthopedic device for cutting or resurfacing an outer bone surface of a bone of a patient includes first and second guides. Each guide has a patient-specific surface preoperatively configured as a negative surface of a portion of the outer bone surface of the bone and a plurality of elongated slots. The elongated slots of the second guide are offset relative to the elongated slots of the first guide and configured for guiding a tool to resurface the outer bone surface.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Metzger, Robert. (2017). Patient-specific-bone-cutting guidance instruments and methods (U.S. Patent No. 9668747). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9668747

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