Rotating track cutting guide system
First Claim
1. An orthopedic cutting guide system for precise planar cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the system comprising:
- an alignment device adapted to support a surgical bone cutting saw driver, said saw driver driving a generally planar saw blade, said saw driver being supported by said alignment device such that movement of said blade is substantially fixed in a plane coplanar with the plane of said blade relative to said alignment device but the saw driver is free to move both translationally and rotationally relative to said alignment device, said alignment device further being oriented so that a long axis thereof extends generally outward and away from said bony tissue; and
a cutting guide adapted to be removably attached to a bone and further adapted to releasably receive said alignment device in at least one nonajustable, substantially fixed position, said fixed position being precisely angularly oriented relative to said cutting guide and wherein said saw blade is passable throgh an aperture closely approximating a least dimension of said saw blade.
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Abstract
The present invention is a rotating track cutting guide system that maintains precise alignment of a bone saw with bone tissue. The rotating track cutting guide generally includes a track subassembly and cutting guide subassemblies attachable to the bone that is to be cut. The track subassembly supports an oscillating surgical saw driver. The track subassembly is removably securable to cutting guide subassemblies which are attachable to the desired bone to facilitate a series of controlled cuts. The design of the track subassembly stabilizes the oscillating saw driver and enables it to both rotate in the plane of the saw blade and move linearly along the track.
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56 Claims
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1. An orthopedic cutting guide system for precise planar cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the system comprising:
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an alignment device adapted to support a surgical bone cutting saw driver, said saw driver driving a generally planar saw blade, said saw driver being supported by said alignment device such that movement of said blade is substantially fixed in a plane coplanar with the plane of said blade relative to said alignment device but the saw driver is free to move both translationally and rotationally relative to said alignment device, said alignment device further being oriented so that a long axis thereof extends generally outward and away from said bony tissue; and
a cutting guide adapted to be removably attached to a bone and further adapted to releasably receive said alignment device in at least one nonajustable, substantially fixed position, said fixed position being precisely angularly oriented relative to said cutting guide and wherein said saw blade is passable throgh an aperture closely approximating a least dimension of said saw blade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for precise planar cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the method comprising the steps of:
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removably attaching a cutting guide to a bone;
removably securing an alignment device adapted to support a surgical bone cutting saw driver, said saw driver having a generally planar saw blade, said alignment device supporting said saw driver such that said blade is substantially fixed in a plane generally coplanar with the plane of said blade relative to said alignment device but the saw driver is free to move translationally and rotationally relative to said alignment device;
advancing said saw driver axially along said alignment device and manipulating said saw driver rotationally so as to cut said bone to create a desired first planar cut bone surface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An orthopedic cutting guide system for precise planar cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the system comprising:
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means for supporting a surgical saw driver having a generally planar saw blade such that said saw blade is substantially fixed in a pitch axis and a roll axis but the saw driver is free to move in a yaw axis and to translate axially relative to said supporting means;
means for guiding said saw blade, said guiding means adapted to be removably secured to a bone, said guiding means comprising means for removably, substantially rigidly receiving said supporting means whereby said surgical saw driver can be translated and yawed in order to prepare a precision cut substantially planar bone surface. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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25. The orthopedic cutting guide system as claimed in clam 20, in which said guiding means is removably fixated to said bone by a means selected from a group consisting of clamps, screws, pins and drill bit.
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33. An orthopedic cutting guide system for precise cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the system comprising:
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a curved alignment device adapted to support a surgical bone cutting saw driver, said saw blade being supported such that movement of said saw driver is substantially fixed in parallel relationship relative to said alignment device but the saw driver is free to move translationally and rotationally relative to said alignment device, said alignment device further being oriented so that a path of travel of said saw driver along said alignment device extends generally across said bony tissue; and
a cutting guide adapted to be removably fixated directly to a bone. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An orthopedic cutting guide system for precise planar cutting of bony tissue in association with orthopedic surgical procedures, the system comprising:
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an alignment device cutting guide comprising an alignment device portion and a cutting guide portion;
the alignment device portion adapted to support a surgical bone cutting saw driver, said saw driver having a generally planar saw blade, said saw driver being supported by said alignment device such that movement of said blade is substantially fixed in a plane coplanar with the plane of said blade relative to said alignment device portion but the saw driver is free to move translationally ad rotationally lative to said alignment device portion, said alignment device portion further being oriented so that a long axis thereof extends generally outward and away from said bony tissue; and
the cutting guide portion adapted to be removably attached to a bone and further adapted to support said alignment device portion in a nonadjustable, substantially fixed position, said fixed position being precisely angularly oriented relative to said cutting guide and wherein said saw blade is passable through an aperture closely approximating a least dimension of said saw blade. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56)
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53. The orthopedic cutting guide system as claimed 43, further comprising a femoral reference to aid locating said cutting guide portion.
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