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Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools

  • US 8,439,926 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2009
  • Issued: 05/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient-specific surgical tool for use in partial replacement of a knee joint of a patient, comprising:

  • a block having a patient-specific surface and a guide,at least a portion of the patient-specific surface having a shape that is substantially a negative of a corresponding surface portion of a proximal end of a tibia of the knee joint of the patient; and

    the guide having a shape to accommodate a cutting or drilling tool and being oriented in a substantially vertical position relative to a tibial plateau,wherein the guide defines a cutting or drilling path extending through at least a portion of the proximal end of the tibia in a substantially vertical plane relative to the tibial plateau.

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