US 12,232,746 B1
Surgical saw blade for wedge osteotomies
Keith Richard Anderson, Hayward, WI (US)
Assigned to Cortical Edge Orthopedics LLC, Hayward, WI (US)
Filed by CORTICAL EDGE ORTHOPEDICS LLC, Hayward, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/648,085.
Application 18/648,085 is a division of application No. 17/873,956, filed on Jul. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,998,219.
Application 17/873,956 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,793, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,395,663, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Application 16/734,793 is a continuation of application No. 14/605,634, filed on Jan. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,524,803, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Application 14/605,634 is a continuation of application No. 12/732,398, filed on Mar. 26, 2010, granted, now 8,939,981, issued on Jan. 27, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/164,594, filed on Mar. 30, 2009.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/142 (2016.11) [A61B 17/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing a wedge osteotomy comprising the following steps:
a) providing a surgical blade including a blade body and a surgical tool coupler, the blade body having:
i) a bottom,
ii) a proximal end,
iii) a distal end,
iv) a cutting tip adjoining the distal end, and
v) a cutting slope extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the cutting slope including a plurality of teeth positioned along a top surface of the cutting slope,
wherein the bottom has a bottom plane extending to the cutting tip,
wherein the cutting slope intersects the bottom plane,
wherein a proximal end height of the cutting slope is higher than a distal end height of the cutting slope relative to the bottom plane, and
wherein the surgical tool coupler adjoins the proximal end of the blade body;
b) coupling the surgical tool coupler to a surgical tool that is able to oscillate;
c) activating the surgical tool to cause the blade to oscillate;
d) engaging a bone with the cutting tip of the blade along the bottom plane;
e) advancing the blade and the cutting slope forward in a linear or straight fashion to create a wedge cut in the bone with one pass of the blade.