Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1998-10-09
1999-08-24
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606102, A61B 1756
Patent
active
059418842
ABSTRACT:
A patella clamp and method for use in resecting a patella for the reception of a patellar prosthesis holds the patella in a preparation position and provides the surgeon with a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of the bone thickness of the patella prior to and subsequent to resection, as well as a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of an interoperatively settable depth of resection, all without the necessity for introducing supplemental instruments or other apparatus during the resection procedure.
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Corvelli Amy A.
Heissenbuttel Arthur S.
Lin Yu Chang
Smith Bryan J.
Jacob Arthur
Osteonics Corp.
Tucker Guy V.
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