Method and apparatus for arthroscopic bone preparation
First Claim
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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Abstract
A guide system for resecting a bone through incisions of the type utilized for arthroscopic procedures is provided. The guide system comprises a first alignment pin, a second alignment pin and a wire saw. The first alignment pin is configured to be inserted through a first incision into a bone in a first orientation. The second alignment pin is configured to inserted through a second incision into the bone in a second orientation. The first alignment pin and the second alignment pin are configured and oriented to define a resection plane of reference through which the bone is to be resected and the wire saw is configured to be inserted through the first and second incisions to be guided by the first and second alignment pins while being moved to resect the bone.
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36 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of resecting a bone of a patient comprising:
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incising the skin and underlying tissue at a first point overlying the bone with an incision having a length less than six centimeters;
forming a hole through the bone with an instrument inserted through the incision;
inserting a saw through the incision;
resecting the bone along the formed hole with the inserted saw. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for resecting a bone comprising:
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a wire saw;
a saw driver including a shaft adapted to be driven by a rotary drill to rotate about an axis, a body coupled at a first end to the shaft to be rotated thereby about the axis, the body including a second end formed to include teeth adapted to cut through the bone and a wall extending between the first end and the second end, the wall being formed to include a driver surface for engaging the wire saw and driving the same during rotation of the body. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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