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US 2019/0336139 A1Published application
System, apparatus, and method for cutting bone during an orthopaedic surgical procedure
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsJose F. Guzman, Gordon Dodds
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to orthopaedic surgical tools used to cut and/or resect a bone of a patient during an orthopaedic surgical procedure such as, for example, a joint replacement procedure.
Claims18
A method for cutting a bone of a patient using a bone saw tool, the method comprising:
- determining a cutting region within a coordinate system defined by a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system, the cutting region corresponding to a region of the bone to be cut;
- determining the position of the bone saw tool in the coordinate system;
- and
- activating a bone saw blade guard of the bone saw tool if the bone saw tool is outside the cutting region.
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A method for cutting a bone of a patient using a bone saw tool, the method comprising:
- determining a cutting region within a coordinate system defined by a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system, the cutting region corresponding to a region of the bone to be cut;
- determining the position of the bone saw tool in the coordinate system;
- and
- reducing the cutting effectiveness of the cutting teeth of a bone saw blade of the bone saw tool if the bone saw tool is outside the cutting region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.