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- Patent Title: Ankle arthroplasty system and methods
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Application No.: US16641628Application Date: 2018-08-24
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Publication No.: US11596421B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Charles Saltzman , Albert H. Burstein , Jonathan T. Deland
- Applicant: LIMACORPORATE S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Udine
- Assignee: LIMACORPORATE S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: LIMACORPORATE S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Udine
- Agency: Maywood IP Law
- Agent David Meibos
- International Application: PCT/US2018/047944 WO 20180824
- International Announcement: WO2019/040865 WO 20190228
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16 ; A61B17/17 ; A61F2/42 ; A61B17/15 ; A61F2/30

Abstract:
An ankle arthroplasty system may have a talar prosthesis and a tibial prosthesis, each of which has an articular surface and a bone engagement surface. Each bone engagement surface may have an anterior-posterior curvature and a medial-lateral curvature with a convex shape. A burr with a rotatable cutting element may be used to form a prepared surface on the talus or the tibia to receive the corresponding prosthesis. A cutting guide may be used to guide motion of the burr; the cutting guide may include a base and an arm movably coupled to the base. One of the base and the arm may have a guide surface, and the other may have a follower that slides along the guide surface to constrain motion of the burr such that the prepared surface has at least one concave curvature and one convex curvature.
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