US 11,849,962 B2
Cutting guide with protective insert
Manoj Kumar Singh, Mahwah, NJ (US); and Felix Finkenzeller, Freiburg (DE)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/127,056.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/953,264, filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186533 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for guiding a cutting tool in an osteotomy procedure, comprising:
a cutting block, the cutting block including an aperture, a first groove, and a second groove, the aperture extending through a thickness of the cutting block and having a length and a height, the height of the aperture being defined between a first interior surface of the cutting block and a second interior surface of the cutting block opposing the first interior surface, the first and second grooves being disposed on respective opposite sides of the aperture; and
a sleeve having a handle extending therefrom, the handle having a tongue extending therefrom, the sleeve including a slot configured to receive a sawblade and configured for removable insertion into the aperture of the cutting block such that the sleeve contacts either the first interior surface or the second interior surface without contacting the other interior surface, the slot having a width and a height,
wherein the first and second grooves are shaped to receive the tongue, and
wherein the tongue extends into the first groove when the sleeve is in contact with the first interior surface and into the second groove when the sleeve is in contact with the second interior surface.