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Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools

  • US 8,951,259 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2013
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A patient specific surgical tool for use in surgery on a joint of a patient, comprising:

  • a block having a patient specific surface and a surgical instrument guide;

    the patient specific surface being substantially a negative of a corresponding surface portion of the joint that includes an osteophyte;

    the surgical instrument guide being sized to accommodate a cutting or drilling tool and having a position and orientation relative to the patient specific surface to provide a predetermined cutting or drilling path for the cutting or drilling tool that is aligned through a portion of tissue of the joint, wherein the joint of the patient is an ankle joint of the patient.

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