Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument and method
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Application No.: US15340270Application Date: 2016-11-01
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Publication No.: US10010329B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Benjamin J. Sordelet , Chad E. Derf , Rebecca L. Chaney , Craig S. Tsukayama , Carl F. Livorsi , Phillip G. Withee
- Applicant: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Applicant Address: IE
- Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Current Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: IE
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/15
- IPC: A61B17/15 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B90/00
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a femur includes attaching a proximal end of an intramedullary adaptor to an intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument, securing a distal end of an intramedullary adaptor to a base cutting block, inserting the intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal using the base cutting block, and positioning the base cutting block on a distal end of the femur.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170238940A1 FEMORAL ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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