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Upper tibial osteotomy system

  • US 5,021,056 A
  • Filed: 09/14/1989
  • Issued: 06/04/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical kit for performing an upper tibia osteotomy, said kit comprising:

  • a transverse alignment guide assembly having at least one cutting blade alignment slot for guiding a cutting blade to cut a first slot in a tibia;

    an osteotomy guide comprising mounting means for attaching the guide in a predetermined relation to the first cut, said osteotomy guide having a plurality of aligned parallel cutting blade slots formed therein, said slots being angularly offset from the first slot so that a cutting blade passing through any one of the cutting blade slots will intersect the first slot thereby defining wedge shaped bones of different angular dimensions; and

    a fixation plate adapted to be secured to the tibia and to hold surfaces of the tibia created by the first and second cuts in proper relationship to each other during the healing of the tibia by new bone growth.

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