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US 8,556,908 B2Granted
Osteochondral implant procedure and device
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey H. Nycz, Keith M. Kinnane, Susan J. Drapeau, Daniel Shimko, Jeetendra Bharadwaj
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Abstract
A surgical procedure according to which a slotted film is positioned over an area of a bone to be milled; and a portion of a milling assembly is inserted in the defect, with another portion of the assembly extending through one of the slots so that the slot can be used as a guide to mill the bone.
Claims15
A surgical procedure for milling a portion of a bone defining a defect, the procedure comprising:
- providing a slotted film comprising a plurality of slots positioned within a periphery of the slotted film and entirely enclosed therein, each of said slots having a first width, said slotted film having a back surface and an opposite front surface;
- providing a milling tool comprising a shank having a second width and a milling element having a third width engaged with said shank, the second width being less than the first width and the third width being greater than the first width;
- inserting said shank from said back surface into one of said slots of said slotted film;
- positioning said slotted film over an area of the bone to be milled after said shank is inserted into said one of said slots such that said back surface of said slotted film engages
- said bone and said milling element is positioned within the defect;
- using said one of said slots as a guide to mill the bone;
- milling the bone;
- removing said shank from said one of said slots;
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- inserting said shank from said back surface into a second of one of the slots.
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