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Osteotomy device and method

  • US 5,449,360 A
  • Filed: 02/26/1993
  • Issued: 09/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An osteotomy guide used in the removal of a wedge shaped piece of bone from patient'"'"'s leg, which comprises:

  • a plurality of surgical pins;

    a block having a top side, a bottom side and a back side and having a first transverse bore extending therethrough, a transverse guide slot extending therethrough, a plurality of oblique bores extending therethrough, and a plurality of oblique guide slots extending therethrough, said first transverse bore and said transverse guide slot being orthogonal with said back side and said oblique bores being aligned with said transverse bore in a horizontal plane and said oblique bores and oblique guide slots being positioned at predetermined angles from said transverse bore and transverse guide slot, said transverse and oblique bores being sized to receive said surgical pins and said transverse and oblique guide slots being sized to receive an osteotomy saw, said oblique guide slots comprising an upper portion in said top side, a lower portion in said bottom side and a connecting portion in said back side;

    a first tower member, disposed atop said block and in line with said first transverse bore, and having a plurality of transverse bores sized to receive a number of said surgical pins for extending therethrough; and

    a second tower member, having a plurality of oblique bores sized to receive a number of said surgical pins for extending therethrough disposed atop said block and coupled to one of said oblique bores so that said transverse bores of said second tower are aligned at the same predetermined angle as said oblique bore coupled thereto.

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