Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Patient-matched instrumentation and methods
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Application No.: US15351799Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US09987022B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson , Brian W. McKinnon , David Timothy Mehl , Luke Andrew Gibson , Scott Kennedy Laster
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/15
- IPC: A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/02 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B17/56 ; A61F2/38

Abstract:
A patient-matched cutting block including a surface or point contact features adapted to at least partially conform to or reference a patient specific anatomy. The cutting block having guide slots configured for guiding the movement of cutting tools relative to the patient specific anatomy or features configured to mate to and guide standard cutting guides relative to patient specific anatomy in order to form plateau and eminence resections of the patient specific anatomy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170086857A1 PATIENT-MATCHED INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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