Patent ID: 8469964
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A bone cutting template, comprising: a body having an axis, an axial length and an axial cross-sectional shape that is semi-cylindrical along the axial length with a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface, wherein the semi-cylindrical body is formed at a radius in a range of one to six centimeters, and the body terminates at circumferential ends of the body; a plurality of grooves formed on the convex outer surface of the body along the axial length, wherein each groove corresponds to an incremental axial length of the body, and the grooves extend from one circumferential end of the body to the other; a plurality of length stamps along the convex outer surface of the body, wherein each of the plurality of length stamps is adjacent to a corresponding groove and indicates a length along the bone cutting template; a proximal end; and a distal end, wherein the plurality of length stamps comprises a first set of length stamps and a second set of length stamps, the first set of length stamps increase in value from the proximal end to the distal end, and the first set of length stamps has a first orientation relative to a first side of the bone cutting template, the second set of length stamps increase in value from the distal end to the proximal end, the second set of length stamps has a second orientation relative to a second side of the bone cutting template, and the second orientation is opposite to the first orientation.