US 12,419,654 B2
Surgical instruments including a set of cutting blades for performing an osteotomy
Adam J. Cundiff, Gilbert, AZ (US); Nathan G. Peterson, Gilbert, AZ (US); and Eli W. Jacobson, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to Fusion Orthopedics, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Fusion Orthopedics, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,572.
Application 18/177,572 is a continuation of application No. 17/832,469, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Application 17/832,469 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/538,781, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 12,035,927.
Application 17/538,781 is a continuation of application No. 16/537,495, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,253,273, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Application 16/537,495 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/459,555, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,253,272, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389940 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1659 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a single solid body comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a bottom surface, a top surface, and a reference plane between the bottom surface and the top surface; wherein:
the top surface includes a top slope that extends away from the reference plane at a first angle; and
the bottom surface includes a bottom slope that extends away from the reference plane at a second angle;
a first plurality of columns of cutting blades spaced apart and positioned on the top surface, wherein each column of the first plurality of columns of cutting blades comprises a single cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade:
extends away from the top surface, and
extends along the top surface from the distal end to the proximal end;
a second plurality of columns of cutting blades spaced apart and positioned on the bottom surface, wherein each column of the second plurality of cutting blades comprises a single cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade:
extends away from the bottom surface,
extends along the bottom surface from the distal end to the proximal end.