US 11,911,046 B2
Patient specific surgical guide locator and mount
Michael Carroll, Memphis, TN (US); Richard Obert, Germantown, TN (US); and Paul Stemniski, Arlington, TN (US)
Assigned to Microport Orthopedics Holdings, Inc., Tiel (NL)
Filed by Microport Orthopedics Holdings, Inc., Tiel (NL)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,863.
Application 14/707,617 is a division of application No. 13/465,547, filed on May 7, 2012, granted, now 9,089,342, issued on Jul. 28, 2015.
Application 13/465,547 is a division of application No. 12/710,898, filed on Feb. 23, 2010, granted, now 9,017,334, issued on Apr. 28, 2015.
Application 17/482,863 is a continuation of application No. 15/881,340, filed on Jan. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,154,305.
Application 15/881,340 is a continuation of application No. 14/707,617, filed on May 8, 2015, granted, now 9,901,353, issued on May 8, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/154,845, filed on Feb. 24, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008085 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC A61B 17/155 (2013.01) [A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/154 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
positioning a cutting guide relative to a first bone with a locating device, the cutting guide including a first slot extending in a first direction, a second slot extending in a second direction, and a third slot extending in a third direction; and
securing the locating device to the first bone by inserting a pin through a through-bore of the locating device and the first bone in the first direction, wherein the locating device includes a body having a first and a second side, the first side including a surface that is complementary to a surface of the first bone, the body having a surface that is recessed relative to a surface of the second side such that the recessed surface of the body is disposed between the complementary surface and the surface of the second side, wherein the recessed surface is sized to receive a cutting guide, and a plurality of slots are defined through the recessed surface.