Patent ID: 9220518
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An ankle resection system, comprising: a proximal tibial anchor; a resection frame connected to the proximal tibial anchor, the resection frame anchorable to the distal tibia and/or the talus and providing an opening through which a bone cutting element can pass for cutting underlying bone; and a resection guide which includes one or more cutting slots including a first cutting slot, said first cutting slot including an elongate opening in a top exterior surface of the resection guide, said elongate opening extending in an elongate fashion along the top exterior surface of the resection guide to provide an elongate entryway into the first cutting slot, the resection guide coupled to the resection frame with the one or more cutting slots positioned over the opening in the resection frame so that the bone cutting element can pass through the one or more cutting slots and through the opening in the resection frame for cutting the distal tibia and/or the talus, wherein the resection guide is locked to the resection frame with the one or more cutting slots held in a first position over the opening in the resection frame such that, when the resection frame anchored to the distal tibia and/or the talus, the bone cutting element can pass through the one or more cutting slots and through the opening in the resection frame for making one or more resection cuts in the distal tibia and/or the talus that each extend in an elongate fashion along an exterior surface of the distal tibia and/or the talus, wherein the resection guide and the resection frame are unlockable from one another and upon being unlocked from one another are translatable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction for repositioning the one or more cutting slots from said first position to a second position over the opening in the resection frame, and wherein the resection guide can be relocked to the resection frame with the one or more cutting slots held in said second position over the opening in the resection frame.