Osteochondral implant procedure
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey H. Nycz, Daniel Shimko, Jeetendra Bharadwaj
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Abstract
A surgical procedure for preparing a damaged area of a human knee to receive at least one graft, according to which a moldable material is positioned over the damaged area and removed after it hardens. The mold is used as a template to determine the number and/or a dimension of the openings to be formed in the damaged area for receiving corresponding grafts.
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A surgical procedure for preparing a damaged area of a human knee to receive at least one graft, the procedure comprising:
- positioning a moldable material configured to fit over the damaged area;
- allowing the moldable material to harden to form a mold;
- removing the mold from the damaged area;
- cutting a tape in a configuration and dimension corresponding to the template area;
- forming the at least one opening in the damaged area;
- harvesting at least one graft from a biological sample configured to fit in the at least one opening based on the configuration and dimension of the tape, wherein the number and/or dimension of the at least one graft is based on the configuration and dimension of the tape;
- adhering the at least one graft to a first surface of the tape;
- and
- inserting a graft into each opening.
A surgical procedure for preparing a damaged area of a human knee to receive at least one graft, the procedure comprising:
- positioning a moldable material over the damaged area;
- allowing the moldable material to harden to form a mold;
- removing the mold from the damaged area;
- cutting a tape having an area corresponding to an area of the mold;
- using the tape as a template to determine the number and/or a dimension of at least one opening to be formed in the damaged area, and the number and/or dimension of a corresponding number of grafts to be inserted in an opening;
- forming the at least one opening in the damaged area;
- adhering each graft to the tape;
- inserting a graft, adhered to the tape, in each opening;
- and
- removing the tape from each graft.
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