Title:
PATIENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/201078
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A patient-specific pin guide (250) for performing a total ankle arthroplasty can comprise a tibia pin guide (252), a talus pin guide (254) and an interlocking component (256). A patient-specific cutting guide system for performing a total ankle arthroplasty can comprise a talus cutting guide (300) and a tibia cutting guide (350). The pin guide and the cutting guide can be used in a method of coupling surgical cutting guides for a total ankle arthroplasty, comprising: positioning a patient-specific talus pin guide to a talus; positioning a patient-specific tibia pin guide to a tibia; positioning an interlocking device between the patient-specific tibia pin guide and the patient-specific talus pin guide; inserting guide pins into the patient-specific tibia and talus pin guides; removing the patient-specific talus and tibia pin guides from the guide pins; and alternately coupling patient-specific talus and tibia cutting guides using at least some of the guide pins.
Inventors:
MAHFOUZ MOHAMED (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/036652
Publication Date:
March 23, 2017
Filing Date:
June 09, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAHFOUZ MOHAMED (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/17; A61B17/15; A61F2/42
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2006023824A2 | 2006-03-02 |
Foreign References:
| FR2715557A1 | 1995-08-04 | |||
| US20080287954A1 | 2008-11-20 | |||
| US20130116797A1 | 2013-05-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARORA, Suneel et al. (US)
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