Paragraph 338
Paragraph 338
Application
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTATION
Matter Number
PER-24
Paragraph Number
338
Application Number
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Reference Case 1
PER-24
Reference Case 2
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Created
1/6/24, 10:01 PM
Modified
1/6/24, 10:01 PM
Id
14,719
Content
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that just as the resection guide 1502 can be designed to include a bone probe 1528, a body of the tibial resection guide 1522, the talus resection guide 1524, and/or a resection guide 1402 can include additional features that extend anteriorly from an anterior surface (the one facing away from the bone(s) when the device is in use with an anterior approach surgical procedure). These additional features can be referred to as resection guards or resection retractors and may serve to retain soft tissue around the edges of one or more incisions for the surgical procedure. In particular, these resection guards or resection retractors can be configured to extend anteriorly from the resection guide 1502 and of a distance sufficient to meet or exceed a skin surface for the patient during the surgical procedure. The resection guards or resection retractors may keep soft tissue from moving to close the incision(s) and obscuring a view for a surgeon and/or interfering with any cutting tools or other instruments during a surgical procedure.
Notes
Added by DJM Jan 2024