Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1992-09-01
1995-08-29
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606102, 623 20, A61B 1756
Patent
active
054456428
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method for reconstructing a femoral portion of a knee in a total knee replacement, the distal end of which has medial and lateral condyles and an intercondylar notch therebetween defining a distal patellar groove for the articulation of the patella with the femur during flexion of the knee. The method comprising the steps of:
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Hamm John E.
Kelman David C.
McNulty Donald E.
Moreland John R.
DePuy Inc.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Tucker Guy V.
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