Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Patient-specific bone-cutting guidance instruments and methods
- Patent Title (中): 患者特异性骨切割指导仪器和方法
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Application No.: US13175142Application Date: 2011-07-01
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Publication No.: US08764760B2Publication Date: 2014-07-01
- Inventor: Robert Metzger , Troy W. Hershberger
- Applicant: Robert Metzger , Troy W. Hershberger
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Harness, Dickey
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130006250A1 PATIENT-SPECIFIC BONE-CUTTING GUIDANCE INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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