Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1996-08-07
1999-03-23
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 85, 606 89, 606 95, 606 99, A61F 246
Patent
active
058852956
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for positioning an orthopedic implant within a cavity in a bone, including a plug member which is inserted into the cavity in the bone. A cutter movably engages the plug member and is used to create a first mating surface in the bone. A positioning jig having a second mating surface which is adapted to substantially mate with the first mating surface and a third surface adapted to removably engage the orthopedic implant is used to center the orthopedic implant within the cavity in the bone. Upon the second mating surface of the positioning jig mating with the first mating surface within the bone and the third surface removably engaging the orthopedic implant, the orthopedic implant is substantially centrally positioned within the cavity of the bone.
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Kirschner Merdical Corporation, David J. Schurman, M.D. Professor, Jack M. Bert, M.D. Associate Clinical Professor, and Dennis Carter, Ph.D. Professor, Surgical Techniques C-2.RTM. OsteoCap.TM. Hip, pp. 1-20.
McDaniel John
Ritter Merrill
Biomet Inc.
Buiz Michael
Woo Julian W.
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