Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1988-10-28
1990-01-09
DeMille, Danton D.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 88, 606 96, A61F 504
Patent
active
048920932
ABSTRACT:
A cutting guide for guiding a saw blade during the preparation of a femur for the implant of the femoral component of a knee prothesis includes guide surfaces for enabling the cutting of all four of the anterior femoral cut, the posterior femoral cut, the anterior chamfer and the posterior chamfer, fully and completely, with certitude and accuracy, while the cutting guide remains located and secured to the femur in a single position on a transverse surface located along the distal femur.
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Sidebotham Christopher G.
Zarnowski Alfred J.
Brown Michael
DeMille Danton D.
Osteonics Corp.
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