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CLAIMS
1. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration;
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side;
at least one calibrated drill bit and at least one drilling module removably
engageable with the cutting module in a predetermined configuration, the at
least one drill module being configured to guide the at least one calibrated drill
bit to predetermined positions, depths and/or orientations in the patient's bone;
and
one or more osteotomes, and wherein the cutting module comprises an
osteotome guide extending outwardly and including sidewalls defining the slot,
wherein the osteotome guide is configured to guide the one or more
osteotomes to predetermined positions, depths and/or orientations in the
patient's bone and to define a connecting interface for the at least one drill
module.
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2. The surgical kit according to claim 1, wherein the slot has a generally planar shape.
3. The surgical kit according to claim 2, wherein the slot extends in a single plane.
4. The surgical kit according to one of claims 1 and 3, wherein the at least one drill
module is engageable with the cutting module over the osteotome guide.
5. The surgical kit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the least one
calibrated drill bit comprises an abutment member and the at least one drill module
comprises a body removably engageable with the cutting module and a plurality of
drilling guides extending parallel to one another, each one of the drilling guides
including a guide tunnel defining a guide barrel, wherein the at least one calibrated
drill bit is removably insertable in at least one of the guide barrels with the abutment
member abutting against a free end of a corresponding one of the guide barrel
when the predetermined depth of the at least one calibrated drill bit is reached.
6. The surgical kit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the at least one drill
module comprises at least two drill modules, each one having a body removably
engageable with the cutting module and a plurality of drilling guides, extending
parallel to one another, the drilling guides of a first one of the at least two drill
modules being oriented in a first orientation and the drilling guides of a second one
of the at least two drill modules being oriented in a second orientation defining an
oblique angle with the first orientation.
/. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
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a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration; and
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side; and
at least one calibrated drill bit and at least one predrilling module having a
predrilling bone interface side with a predrilling bone-contacting surface
superposable against the bone of the patient, a predrilling operative side, and
at least two drill bit apertures extending therethrough and configured to guide
the at least one calibrated drill bit to predetermined positions, depths and/or
orientations in the patient's bone corresponding to planned positions, depths
and/or orientations of fixation plate fasteners.
8. The surgical kit according to claim 7, wherein the anchor module comprises two
sections connected to one another with a severable connector, each one of the
two sections comprises a portion of the removable module interface wherein each
one of the portions of the removable module interface comprises at least one of a
male connector and a female connector, and wherein each one of the two sections
of the anchor module is located on respective sides of the slot of the cutting
module.
9. The surgical kit according to claim 8, wherein the at least one predrilling module
comprises at least another one of the male connector and the female connector
and is removably engageable with the anchor module by engaging the at least one
of another male connector and female connector into complementary ones of the
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male connector and the female connector of the removable module interface of the
anchor module.
10. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration; and
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side,
wherein the anchor module comprises two sections connected to one another
with a severable connector, each one of the two sections comprises a portion
of the removable module interface wherein each one of the portions of the
removable module interface comprises at least one of a male connector and a
female connector, and wherein each one of the two sections of the anchor
module is located on respective sides of the slot of the cutting module..
11. The surgical kit according to claim 10, further comprising a spreader module
removably engageable with the anchor module and comprising two arms, each
one of the two arms having the other one of the male connector and the female
connector to be engageable therewith to space-apart the two sections of the
anchor module secured to the patient's bone.
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12. The surgical kit according to one of claims 8 and 9, wherein each one of the
sections of the anchor module comprises at least one fastener aperture extending
therethrough, and wherein the surgical kit further comprises bone fasteners
insertable in the at least one fastener aperture to affix the sections of the anchor
module directly to the patient's bone in the predetermined bone-contacting
configuration.
13. The surgical kit according to claim 11, wherein each one of the sections of the
anchor module comprises at least two fastener apertures extending therethrough.
14. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration; and
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side, wherein the cutting
module is engaged with the removable module interface with severable
connecting members extending from the cutting module operative side to the
removable module interface of the anchor module.
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156. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration; and
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side, wherein the cutting
module and the anchor module are spaced-apart from one another when
engaged together.
16. The surgical kit according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the cutting module
comprises fastener apertures extending therethrough with at least one of the
fastener apertures being located on each side of the slot and wherein the surgical
kit further comprises bone fasteners insertable in the fastener apertures to affix the
cutting module directly to the patient's bone in a predetermined affixed
configuration.
17. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
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a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting
configuration;
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting
module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient
and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with
the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having
a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone
interface side and the cutting module operative side;
at least one calibrated drill bit and at least one drill module removably
engageable with the cutting module in a predetermined configuration, the at
least one drill module being configured to guide the at least one calibrated drill
bit to predetermined positions, depths and/or orientations in the patient's bone;
and
an abutment member and the at least one drilling module comprises a body
removably engageable with the cutting module and a plurality of drilling guides
extending parallel to one another, each one of the drilling guides including a
guide tunnel defining a guide barrel, wherein the at least one calibrated drill bit
is removably insertable in at least one of the guide barrels with the abutment
member abutting against a free end of a corresponding one of the guide barrel
when the predetermined depth of the at least one calibrated drill bit is reached.
18. A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising:
an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone, the anchor
module having a bone interface side with a bone-contacting surface
superposable against a bone of a patient and an operative side with a
removable module interface, wherein the bone-contacting surface conforms to
a surface of the patient's bone in a predetermined bone-contacting configuration;
a cutting module having a cutting module bone interface side with a cutting module bone-contacting surface superposable against the bone of the patient and a cutting module operative side, the cutting module being engaged with the anchor module and being separable therefrom, the cutting module having a slot extending therethrough and opening on the cutting module bone interface side and the cutting module operative side; and
at least one calibrated drill bit and at least two drill modules removably engageable with the cutting module in a predetermined configuration, the two drill modules being configured to guide the at least one calibrated drill bit to predetermined positions, depths and/or orientations in the patient's bone, each one of the at least two drill modules having a body removably engageable with the cutting module and a plurality of drilling guides, extending parallel to one another, the drilling guides of a first one of the at least two drill modules being oriented in a first orientation and the drilling guides of a second one of the at least two drill modules being oriented in a second orientation defining an oblique angle with the first orientation.