US 12,408,965 B2
Bone sliver removal system
Daniel Sayger, Olive Branch, MS (US)
Assigned to Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,889.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/264,776, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165616 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8897 (2013.01) [A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of correcting alignment between a first and second bones across a joint, the method comprising the steps of:
cutting the first bone so as to define a first end portion and a remaining bone portion of the first bone separated from each other by a resection cut, wherein the first end portion faces the joint;
driving a paddle member of a removal tool along a direction of insertion into the joint between the first end portion and the second bone, such that a paddle head of the paddle member faces the first end portion;
driving an insertion member of the removal tool along the direction of insertion into the resection cut, such that the first end portion is captured between the insertion member and the paddle head; and
removing the first end portion from the joint while the first end portion is captured between the insertion member and the paddle head.