Patent ID: 11969175
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A humeral resection guide comprising:
a cutting block having a side surface configured to face an exterior surface of a humerus and a cutting surface disposed non-parallel relative to the side surface, the cutting surface configured to constrain at least one degree of freedom of movement of a cutting instrument during surgical alteration of the humerus;
a boom extending away from the cutting surface of the cutting block, the boom comprising a cut depth adjustment mechanism along at least a portion of a length of the boom; and
a cut depth indicator disposed at a population derived location along the length of the boom, the cut depth indicator configured to indicate that the cutting surface is at a target cut depth for the alteration of the humerus when the cut depth indicator is aligned with a support, wherein
the cut depth indicator is a pair of parallel lines, and
the population derived location is based on a statistical representation of a human shoulder derived from measuring a plurality of humeri.