US 12,121,247 B2
Chevron osteotomy tools and methods
Joseph Ryan Woodard, Memphis, TN (US); Daniel E. Free, Oakland, TN (US); Brian Thoren, Memphis, TN (US); Jason Edie, Sandy, UT (US); Andy Leither, Akron, OH (US); David Kay, Akron, OH (US); Anthony Perera, Cardiff (GB); Bryan Denhartog, St. Paul, MN (US); David Redfern, Hove (GB); and Joel Vernois, Picquigny (FR)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/452,776.
Application 18/452,776 is a continuation of application No. 17/318,141, filed on May 12, 2021, granted, now 11,751,892.
Application 17/318,141 is a continuation of application No. 15/756,446, granted, now 11,504,139, issued on Nov. 22, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2016/049981, filed on Sep. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/213,161, filed on Sep. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389943 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/1735 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a targeting guide, comprising:
a first body portion defining a plurality of apertures and a first passageway, the plurality of apertures are disposed adjacent to a first end of the first body portion, each aperture of the plurality of apertures sized and configured to guide at least one first elongate surgical instrument along a respective trajectory, the first passageway extending along at least a portion of a length of the first body portion;
a second body portion configured to move relative to the first body portion along a path defined by the first passageway, the second body portion including at least one surface configured to abut a first bone portion when the targeting guide is placed adjacent to the first bone portion and a second bone portion, the second body portion defining an opening sized and configured to receive a second elongate surgical instrument; and
a locking mechanism configured to lock the second body portion at a variable position along the first passageway defined by the first body portion.