Devices and methods for creating wedge-shaped recesses
US11278411B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/4628
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of creating a wedge-shaped recess in a bone is disclosed. The method includes creating a cylindrical recess within a bone, positioning a tool within the cylindrical recess, radially expanding an articulating cutter of the tool and rotating the tool to remove additional bone along the cylindrical recess' side walls and create a wedge-shaped recess; wherein, a diameter of the bottom surface of the wedge-shaped recess is larger than a diameter of a surface opening of the wedge-shaped recess.
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