Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1994-06-08
1996-02-13
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 95, 30229, 30130, A61B 1716
Patent
active
054908531
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic bone plug cutter for cutting a customized bone plug for use with prosthesis having stems of complex geometry, such as a cruciate stem. The bone plug cutter comprises an anvil which supports a piece of bone obtained intraoperatively. A specialized cutting head is forced against the anvil by a parallel jaw clamp. The cutting head can then be removed from the clamp and the bone plug extruded from the cutter with a plunger.
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Wheeler John L.
Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc.
Markow Scott B.
Merkling John R.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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