Patent ID: 9730714
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A cutting guide system for use in total ankle replacement surgery, said system comprising: a tibial reaming guide comprising a tibial reaming guide body sized to fit in a space formed by a resected segment of a distal portion of a tibia and a resected segment of a dome of a talus, said tibial reaming guide body having a superior face, an inferior face, and an opened ended channel extending through said tibial reaming guide body between said superior and inferior faces; a cannulated removable reaming bit removably received within said opened ended channel of said tibial reaming guide body; and said cannulated removable reaming bit having a bone reaming exterior surface for forming a bore in the tibia when driven wherein said bore is sized to receive an intramedullary stem of a preoperatively chosen ankle prosthesis.