Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anatomic femoral guide
- Patent Title (中): 解剖股骨导向
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Application No.: US13169320Application Date: 2011-06-27
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Publication No.: US08685033B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Darren Lee Johnson , Gary Robert McCarthy
- Applicant: Darren Lee Johnson , Gary Robert McCarthy
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Chapin IP Law, LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00

Abstract:
An anatomic femoral guide positions bone tunnels corresponding to the AM and PL bundles in ACL repair and reconstruction procedures. A template guide disposed in a surgical field proximate to a surgical member such as a femur or tibia defines a surgical footprint of the resulting bone tunnel. The template includes apertures corresponding to the size of the bone tunnels for the respective (AM or PL) bundles, and allows positioning at the drilling site to identify the size and location of the bone tunnel, as well as the relative distance between tunnels for double bundle procedures. An offset angle in the template provides differing orientations of the template apertures for visualizing the actual bone tunnel placement. The template has an aperture positionable parallel to a tibial plateau formation on the tibia, and the template orients a second aperture angled by the offset angle for positioning the second tunnel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120330321A1 ANATOMIC FEMORAL GUIDE Public/Granted day:2012-12-27
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