US 11,944,324 B2
Surgical instruments including a set of cutting blades for performing an osteotomy
Adam J. Cundiff, Mesa, AZ (US); and Nathan G. Peterson, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Fusion Orthopedics, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,724.
Application 17/538,724 is a continuation of application No. 16/459,555, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,253,272.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087691 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1659 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a body comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a bottom surface, and a top surface including a slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end; and
a plurality of cutting blades positioned on the top surface,
wherein:
the plurality of cutting blades are spaced apart, and
each of the plurality of cutting blades comprises a cutting portion extending away from the top surface from the distal end to the proximal end along at least a portion of the slope to form columns of cutting blades.