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Method for cutting bone during an orthopaedic surgical procedure

US10327784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jose F. Guzman · Warsaw, US
Gordon Dodds · Straubing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2013
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0801
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for cutting a bone of a patient using a bone saw tool that includes determining a cutting region that corresponds to a region of the bone to be cut and determining the position of the bone saw tool in the coordinate system. The method includes activating a bone saw blade guard of the bone saw tool if the bone saw tool is outside the cutting region.

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