US 12,357,328 B2
Joint resection guide
Andrew J. Nelson, New City, NY (US); Daniel E. Sapio, Mohegan Lake, NY (US); Sunny Shorabh, Ghaziabad (IN); Shashank Verma, Agra (IN); and Morgan Schliem, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,612.
Application 18/198,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/154,321, filed on Jan. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,684,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,153, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285037 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1739 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1735 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing a resection, comprising:
fixing an anchor to an end portion of a bone that is to be removed from the bone;
positioning a cutting block connected to the anchor by a flexible linkage adjacent to a different portion of the bone; and
resecting the end portion from the bone through a cutting guide defined in the cutting block.