Surgical Guide with Cut Resistant Inserts
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Charles Davison, Michael Barthold
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Abstract
A resection guide can be configured to guide a resection tool toward a graft source or a tissue body. The resection guide can include a resection guide body with at least one opening, and a guide member configured to be at least partially inserted into the at least one opening.
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A resection guide configured to guide a resection tool toward a graft source, the resection guide comprising:
- a resection guide body at least partially made from a first material, the resection guide body defining an upper body surface and a lower body surface that is opposite the upper body surface, the lower body surface configured to be placed against the graft source, the resection guide body defining a first resection guide opening and a second resection guide opening that is spaced from the first resection guide opening, wherein the first and second resection guide openings extend from the upper body surface to the lower body surface;
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- at least one guide member configured to be at least partially inserted in at least one of the first resection guide opening and the second resection guide opening, the at least one guide member having a guide member body and a guide member opening that extends through the guide member body, the guide member opening elongate along a graft resection axis, the guide member opening configured to receive at least a portion of the resection tool such that the guide member guides the resection tool along the graft resection axis when the resection tool is received in the guide member opening, wherein the at least one guide member is at least partially made of a second material that is harder than the first material.
A resection guide configured to guide a resection tool toward a graft source, the resection guide comprising:
- a metallic resection guide member configured to be at least partially inserted in an opening of the resection guide, the metallic resection guide member defining a guide member body having an upper body surface and a lower body surface opposite the upper body surface, the lower body surface configured to face the graft source, the guide member body defining at least one resection guide opening that extends from the upper body surface to the lower body surface, and the at least one resection guide opening defines a graft resection axis, wherein the at least one resection guide opening is configured to receive a portion of the resection tool and guide the resection tool along the graft resection axis so as to resect a graft portion from the graft source.
A resection guide configured to guide a resection tool toward a tissue body, the resection guide comprising:
- a resection guide body at least partially made from a first material, the resection guide body defining an upper body surface and a lower body surface that is opposite the upper body surface, the lower body surface configured face the tissue body, the resection guide body defining at least one resection guide opening that extends from the upper body surface to the lower body surface;
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- a guide member configured to be at least partially inserted in the at least one resection guide opening, the guide member having a guide member body and a guide member opening that extends through the guide member body, the guide member opening elongate along a resection axis, the guide member opening configured to receive at least a portion of the resection tool and guide the resection tool along the resection axis, wherein the guide member is at least partially made of a second material that is harder than the first material.
A resection guide configured to guide a resection tool toward a tissue body, the resection guide comprising:
- a metallic resection member configured to be at least partially inserted in at least one opening defined by the resection guide, the metallic resection guide member having a guide member body that defines an upper body surface, a lower body surface opposite the upper body surface and configured to face the graft source, and at least one resection guide opening that extends from the upper body surface to the lower body surface, the at least one resection guide opening being elongate along a resection axis, and wherein the at least one resection guide opening is configured to receive a portion of the resection tool so as to guide the resection tool along the resection axis so resect a portion of the tissue body when the lower surface of the guide body is positioned to face the tissue body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.