Tibial osteotomy guide assembly and method
CA 1193509 A · Owner: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Mains, Douglas B.; Merte, Kenneth E.
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1-, Abstract of the Disclosure, A method and guide assembly for use in a tibial osteotomy wherein two pairs of parallel guide pins are inserted into the tibia at a predetermined angle with respect to each other through a guide block. The adjacent surfaces of the pairs of pins are then used to precisely guide a saw by which a wedge-shaped segment of the tibia is removed.
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- Granted September 17, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 17, 2002.
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