Cutting guide for femoral neck cut

Abstract

A cutting guide is provided to assist a surgeon with resecting a portion of a patient's femoral neck or another bone. The cutting guide may include an opening configured to affix the cutting guide to at least one pin inserted into the patient's femoral neck, a proximal cutting surface, and a distal cutting surface. The proximal cutting surface defines a proximal cutting plane on the femoral neck and the distal cutting surface defines a distal cutting plane such that when cuts are made alone the proximal cutting plane and the distal cutting plane, a section of the femoral neck is removable. The pin may be inserted in the section of the femoral neck to be removed by an automated pin insertion tool. The tool may be configured to only operate when the pin is properly positioned and aligned to the femoral neck.

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