Patent ID: 8114086
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of guiding a cutter at an orthopaedic surgical site to cut a bone, the method comprising: activating a surgical navigation system to track a position of a navigated guide by triangulating a signal transmitted by the navigated guide, the navigated guide comprising a plate shaped body representative of a cut plane; anchoring, by physical fastening, the navigated guide relative to the surgical site by a fastener in a desired position as indicated by the surgical navigation system; engaging a cut guide with the anchored navigated guide by sliding a cut slot in the cut guide over the plate shaped body of the navigated guide to align the cut slot with the cut plane; after said step of engaging, anchoring the cut guide to the surgical site; and after said step of anchoring the cut guide to the surgical site, removing the navigated guide through the cut slot.