US 11,937,800 B2
Tilting surgical tensor to support at least one bone cut
Masei Trabish, Folsom, CA (US); Martin Roche, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Ivan Delevic, Key Biscayne, FL (US); Daniel Lieffort, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Min Sic Roh, Yangcheon-Gu (KR); and Seonguk Jeon, Guro-gu (KR)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Orthosensor Inc., Dania, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,481.
Application 17/679,481 is a continuation of application No. 16/414,101, filed on May 16, 2019, granted, now 11,291,437.
Application 16/414,101 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/852,012, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,129,605, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Application 16/414,101 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/852,030, filed on Dec. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,772,640, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 16/414,101 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/852,051, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,399,818.
Application 16/414,101 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/852,123, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,772,641, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,406, filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175360 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 5/107 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30535 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4658 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4662 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4667 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4668 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4672 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4674 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for joint balancing, comprising the steps of:
inserting a tensor in a first position into a joint to contact a first support structure of the tensor with a first bone of the joint and a second support structure of the tensor with the first bone and a second bone of the joint;
moving the tensor to a second position to distract the first and second bones to increase a distance therebetween using a distraction mechanism, the distraction mechanism being coupled to the second support structure, the second support structure contacting the second bone but not the first bone in the second position, and
tilting the second support structure to vary a medial distance and a lateral distance between the first and second bones, the medial distance being defined between a medial side of the second bone and a medial side of the first bone, and the lateral distance being defined between a lateral side of the second bone and a lateral side of the first bone,
wherein the step of tilting the second support structure includes moving a medial support structure of the second support structure to change the medial distance, and moving a lateral support structure of the second support structure to change the lateral distance.