US 11,839,387 B2
Apparatus for incision and removal of osseous tissue and methods thereof
Michael Bohl, Phoenix, AZ (US); Michael Mooney, Phoenix, AZ (US); Iridian Vaca, Madera, CA (US); Ryan Samuel Schulte, Spokane, WA (US); Andrew Robert Bruce, Bellingham, WA (US); Leah Elizabeth Fletcher, Shoreline, WA (US); Aron Lopez-Jimenez, Phoenix, AZ (US); Framarz Alam, Phoenix, AZ (US); Ethan Marshall, Queen Creek, AZ (US); and Ivanna Revel, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,928.
Application 17/386,928 is a continuation of application No. 16/481,535, granted, now 11,090,067, previously published as PCT/US2018/016256, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/452,413, filed on Jan. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353310 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1757 (2013.01) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cutting bone tissue, comprising:
a fixed portion;
a plurality of carriages in linear sliding engagement along the fixed portion;
a plurality of spherical joints, each of the plurality of spherical joints defined along a respective one of the plurality of carriages;
a first bone cutting device coupled to a first spherical joint of the plurality of spherical joints, wherein the first bone cutting device includes an adjustment mechanism for controlling a depth of cuts, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a worm gear defining an opening;
a second bone cutting device coupled to a second spherical joint of the plurality of spherical joints; and
a clamp coupled to the fixed portion between the first bone cutting device and the second bone cutting device, the clamp configured to grip the bone tissue.