Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drilling/milling guide and keel cut preparation system
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Application No.: US14995389Application Date: 2016-01-14
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Publication No.: US09717511B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Rudolf Bertagnoli , Daniel B. Murrey , John P. Furda , Marc Reichen , David Gerber
- Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16 ; A61B17/17 ; A61F2/44 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/30

Abstract:
An instrument system, associated milling or drilling guide and method include use of a trial implant of a size corresponding to an actual implant for the intervertebral space, with a milling guide mounted on the trial implant. The system also includes a cutting tool which is used to form a cutout in an adjacent vertebra.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160120556A1 Drilling/Milling Guide and Keel Cut Preparation System Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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