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Method and apparatus for arthroscopic bone preparation

  • US 20050216023A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2004
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A guide system for resecting a bone through incisions of the type utilized for arthroscopic procedures, the guide system comprising:

  • a first alignment pin configured to be inserted through one of the incisions into a bone in a first orientation;

    a second alignment pin configured to inserted through one of the incisions into the bone in a second orientation;

    a wire saw; and

    wherein the first alignment pin and the second alignment pin are configured and oriented to define a resection surface of reference through which the bone is to be resected and the wire saw is configured to be inserted through at least one of the incisions to be guided by the first and second alignment pins while being moved to resect the bone.

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