Kneecap cutting device for the fitting of a total knee replaceme

Details Kneecap cutting device for the fitting of a total knee replaceme Kneecap cutting device for the fitting of a total knee replaceme

1994-01-27

1995-08-01

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 87, A61B 1756

Patent

active

054376769

ABSTRACT:
A kneecap cutting guide device for the fitting of a total knee replacement includes, a trial femur component having an artificial trochlea, a side hole made on at least one edge of said trial femur component, and a central hole made in the center of said trochelea. An ancillary device includes a fastening dog-point designed to cooperate with the side hole of the trial femur component. A kneecap plate is designed to be placed in a position of resting on the kneecap and a mechanism to center the plate in relation to said central hole of the artificial trochlea is provided. The guide device further incorporates means to shift the kneecap plate, enabling a crosswise motion with respect to said trochlea and an axial motion parallel to the central hole. There is also a mechanism for locking the plate in position and a surface for guiding a blade to cut the kneecap parallel to the plane of the trochlea.

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