Systems for and methods of preparing a sacroiliac joint for fusion
US9826986B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/30995
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical preparation tool for preparing a sacroiliac joint for a surgical procedure comprising a trial tool assembly and a cutting tool configured to releasably and slidably couple with the trial tool assembly, wherein the trial tool assembly is configured to guide the cutting tool during distal-proximal translation such that as the cutting tool distally advances relative to an implant trial of the trial tool assembly, at least a portion of a cutting element of the cutting tool extends generally over and perpendicularly outward from a first top surface of a body of the implant trial.
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