US 12,268,403 B2
Surgical guides with removable inserts
Johanna Scheeh, Euless, TX (US); and Devid R. Zille, Addison, TX (US)
Assigned to OsteoMed LLC, Addision, TX (US)
Filed by OsteoMed LLC, Addison, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/095,570.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,473, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137537 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61B 17/1739 (2013.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical guide system, comprising:
a cutting guide comprising a plurality of inserts, wherein each of the plurality of inserts defines an aperture which is configured to receive a surgical fastening device for securing the insert to a bone, and wherein the plurality of inserts are configured to be removably coupled in a direct manner to the cutting guide; and
a template guide comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface defines a plurality of features, wherein each of the plurality of inserts is configured to fit in the bottom surface of the template guide at least in part using one of the plurality of features, and wherein at least a majority of each of the plurality of inserts is covered by the bottom surface of the template guide when each of the plurality of inserts is fit in the template guide,
wherein each of the plurality of inserts are configured to disconnect from the cutting guide and to fit with one of the plurality of features defined in the template guide.