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Method and apparatus for use in operating on a bone

  • US 6,086,593 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 07/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of changing a spatial relationship between first and second portions of a bone in a patient'"'"'s body, said method comprising the steps of moving a central portion of a thin leading edge of a wedge member through a layer of hard cortical bone into engagement with soft cancellous bone with portions of the thin leading edge of the wedge member on opposite sides of the central portion in engagement with the layer of hard cortical bone, continuing movement of the wedge member relative to the bone, interrupting movement of the wedge member relative to the bone with the central portion of the thin leading edge of the wedge member in engagement with soft cancellous bone and with opposite end portions of the thin leading edge of the wedge member in engagement with the layer of hard cortical bone, and, thereafter, transmitting force between the layer of hard cortical bone and the thin leading edge of the wedge member.

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