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Slotted patella resection guide and stylus

  • US 5,542,947 A
  • Filed: 05/12/1995
  • Issued: 08/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for guiding a saw used to perform resection of a bone, comprising:

  • (a) means for gripping said bone, including first and second arms pivotally mounted together at a first pivot axis, wherein each of said arms has a handle portion at one end and a jaw member at the other end whereby pivoting of said handle portions towards one another causes said jaw members to pivot toward one another about said pivot axis and into engagement with the periphery of said bone;

    (b) guide means, formed integrally within said jaw members and defining a plane of resection, for receiving and guiding a saw blade; and

    (c) means for setting resection depth which includes at least two calibrated and marked steps integrally formed in said means for gripping said bone, whereby a stylus can be removably inserted into a selected one of the at least two steps to set the resection depth.

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