Patent ID: 9055954
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of resecting a portion of a bone comprising: inserting a distal tip of a first alignment pin into and completely through a bone through a first incision while maintaining a proximal tip of the first alignment pin outside of the bone; inserting a second alignment pin into the bone through a second incision; inserting a portion of a wire saw through the first incision; guiding the portion of the wire saw with the first alignment pin and the second alignment pin; wherein guiding the portion of the wire saw with the first alignment pin and the second alignment pin comprises: contacting the portion of the wire saw with the first alignment pin and the second alignment pin; cutting the bone in a direction toward the proximal tip with the wire saw; resecting a first portion of the bone with the wire saw while simultaneously guiding the wire saw with both the first alignment pin and the second alignment pin; and removing the resected first portion of the bone.