Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-12
2006-09-12
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3733)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
C606S087000, C606S088000, C606S089000, C606S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07104996
ABSTRACT:
An improved method of performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee, includes making an incision in a knee portion of one leg while a lower portion of the one leg is extending downward from an upper portion of the one leg and while a foot connected with the lower portion of the one leg is below a support surface on which the patient is disposed. The incision is relatively short, for example, between seven and thirteen centimeters. A patella may be offset from its normal position with an inner side of the patella facing inward during cutting of a bone with a cutting tool. During cutting of the bone, one or more guide members having opposite ends which are spaced apart by a distance less than the width of an implant may be utilized to guide movement of a cutting tool.
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Bianco Paul D.
Fleit Martin
Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco
MarcTec. LLC
Philogene Pedro
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