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Method and apparatus for less invasive knee resection

  • US 7,837,690 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2003
  • Issued: 11/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A guide block assembly for use in assisting resecting a boney structure, the assembly comprising:

  • a track member to be fixed relative to the boney structure including;

    a fixation section to fix said track member relative to the boney structure; and

    a track translation section having a first end and a second end and a first dimension therebetween; and

    a cutting block including;

    at least two guiding sections each including a surface adapted to guide a cutting member; and

    a guide translation section operable to engage said track translation section;

    wherein said track translation section and said guide translation section operably interact to allow said cutting block to translate relative to said track member so that at least a portion of said cutting block is operable to translate a translation dimension greater than the first dimension and past at least one of the first end or the second end;

    wherein said cutting member includes an elongated saw having a neck portion and a cutting head;

    wherein said neck portion is operably engaged in one of said at least two guiding sections to guide said cutting head during use; and

    wherein said neck portion is narrower than said cutting head such that the cutting member generally defines a “

    T-Shape”

    .

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