Method and apparatus for resecting bone from an ulna in...

Details Method and apparatus for resecting bone from an ulna in... Method and apparatus for resecting bone from an ulna in...

2005-09-20

2005-09-20

Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3732)

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

C606S080000, C606S08600R

Reexamination Certificate

active

06945976

ABSTRACT:
A bone resection guide, particularly for an ulna, utilizes anatomical reference points of the ulna to establish an optimal position for a prosthesis. The bone resection guide provides a guiding instrument that allows a surgeon to remove only bone that needs to be removed for precise placement of the end prosthesis. A method of resecting bone from the ulna in preparation of prosthetic implantation using the bone resection guide matches an elbow axis finder with a particular size of an ulna fossa of the patient. Once matched, a sized resection template, directly related to the shape of the prosthesis, is used as a resection guide. Incorporated into the bone resection guide are known anthropometric qualities when providing resection surfaces. This enhances the probable position of the implant.

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Brochure (4 pages): Coonrad/Morrey Total Elbow prosthesis,More Than Fifteen Years of Clinical Sucess, Zimmer: © 1999, 2000.
Brochure (2 pages): Solar Upper Extremity System,Linked Semi-Constrained Total Elbow system, Stryker Howmedia Osteonics; © 1999.

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