Patent ID: 8545501

Claim:
A system for preparing a bone implant, comprising: a chisel comprising: as handle comprising an elongate body having a distal end and a proximal end; a chisel head connected to the distal end of the handle, the chisel head including a stop and a blade, the blade distally extending from the stop, the stop defining a notch; and a mushroom head radially extending from the proximal end Of the handle; and a cutting guide having a body including first, second, third, and fourth walls that together define a cavity that is accessible via an opening defined by the first wall, a plurality of slots defined by the second wall that is disposed opposite the third wall and adjacent to the first wall, the plurality of slots being in communication with the cavity that is sized and configured to receive a bone implant therein, wherein each of the plurality of slots is complementarily sized to and configured to receive the blade of the chisel, and each of the plurality of slots is located at a different location along the second wall to facilitate cutting a bone implant into one of a plurality of sizes, and a cutting template having a body defining a slot, the cutting template configured to be engaged with the cutting guide such that the slot of the cutting template aligns with one of the plurality of slots of the cutting guide and at least one of the plurality of slots defined by the cutting guide is covered by the cutting template.