Wedge osteotomy blade

A wedge osteotomy blade for forming a wedge osteotomy, the wedge osteotomy blade comprising:

• a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a superior side, an inferior side, a left side, a right side, a proximal side that includes the proximal end, a distal side that includes the distal end, and a longitudinal axis that extends between the proximal end and the distal end, a lateral axis that extends between the left side and the right side, and a vertical axis that extends between the superior side and the inferior side;
• an oscillation mount at the proximal end, the oscillation mount configured to couple the wedge osteotomy blade to a powered oscillation handpiece;
• a plurality of cutting teeth at the distal end of the body;
• wherein at least one cutting tooth comprises a bone cutting feature, the bone cutting feature comprising an engagement angle measured relative to the lateral axis and a length measured relative to the vertical axis;
• and
• wherein the bone cutting feature of a first cutting tooth is longer than the bone cutting feature of a second cutting tooth, the first cutting tooth positioned closer to the right side than the second cutting tooth.

A method for performing a wedge osteotomy, the method comprising:

• coupling a powered oscillation handpiece to a wedge osteotomy blade, the wedge osteotomy blade comprising:
• a body having a proximal end, a distal end;
• an oscillation mount at the proximal end, the oscillation mount configured to couple the wedge osteotomy blade to the powered oscillation handpiece;
• a cutting edge at the distal end of the body, the cutting edge comprising a plurality of cutting teeth that define a cut face;
• and
• wherein a thickness of the cut face defined by the plurality of cutting teeth increases laterally across the cutting edge;
• activating the powered oscillation handpiece such that the wedge osteotomy blade oscillates;
• positioning the cut face such that a thinnest part of the cut face substantially aligns with an apex for a wedge osteotomy, the wedge osteotomy comprising two planes that connect to the apex and extend to at least one bone surface opposite the apex, the at least one bone surface comprising cortical bone of one or more bones;
• and
• moving the oscillating wedge osteotomy blade into the one or more bones until the oscillating wedge osteotomy blade exits the one or more bones on a side of the one or more bones opposite of where the oscillating wedge osteotomy blade enters the one or more bones.