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Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools

  • US 9,241,724 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2011
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient-specific surgical tool for use in surgery on a hip joint of a patient, comprising:

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

    the patient specific surface being substantially a negative of a corresponding surface portion of the hip joint that includes an osteophyte, wherein the patient specific surface is configured to engage and has a shape that matches at least a portion of the osteophyte;

    the guide being sized to accommodate a surgical instrument and have a position and orientation relative to the patient-specific surface to provide a predetermined path for the surgical instrument that is aligned through a portion of tissue of the hip joint.

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