Patent ID: 6099531
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of changing the spatial relationship between first and second bones which are interconnected at a joint in a patient's body, said method comprising the steps of moving the second bone from a first orientation to a second orientation relative to the first bone, said step of moving the second bone from a first orientation to a second orientation includes moving a wedge member into the joint between the first and second bones and transmitting force from the wedge member to the second bone to move the second bone relative to the first bone, thereafter, connecting the wedge member to the first bone, and moving the second bone relative to the wedge member and the first bone under the influence of force transmitted from muscular body tissue in the body of the patient to the second bone to thereby change the orientation of the second bone relative to the first bone from the second orientation to a third orientation.