Paragraph 246
Paragraph 246
Application
Pivoting Burr guide
Matter Number
PER-16
Paragraph Number
246
Application Number
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Reference Case 1
PER-16
Reference Case 2
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Created
1/3/24, 4:26 AM
Modified
1/3/24, 4:26 AM
Id
13,043
Content
FIG. 10B is a perspective view of a cutting guide, such as pivoting resection guide 1002, according to one embodiment, that includes a handle 1004. The handle 1004 is configured to engage a cutter guide and may serve to facilitate pivoting or swiveling the pivoting resection guide 1002 while resecting or dissecting. A surgeon may move the handle 1004 to direct the resection. Rotary cutting tools such as a drill bit, a mill bit, a router bit, a side-cutting burr, burrs, drill bits, and the like provide a high degree of flexibility in how they are oriented and used to resect or dissect bone. Rotary cutting tools rotate about a longitudinal axis of the cutting tool itself. The pivoting resection guide 1002 guides the rotating cutting tool for a dissection and/or resection. Advantageously, the pivoting resection guide 1002 constrains movement of the rotary cutting tool to motion within a single plane. In particular, where the surgeon has planned to form an osteotomy, such as a resection or dissection, having a particular trajectory and/or position on the bone, the pivoting resection guide 1002 assists the surgeon in making a very precision and accurate resection/dissection within a predetermined plane.
Notes
Added by DJM Jan 2024