Biomet Manufacturing Corporation

Zimmer Gmbh

Brian Uthgenannt

Robert G Metzger

Joshua B Catanzarite

Nathan Emick Belcher

Kevin T Stone

Ryan John Schoenefeld

Jerry J Lorio

Jon C Serbousek

Bradley T Durcholz

Andrew Lee Pierce

Bryan Morrison

Richard Detlefsen

Todd O Davis

Christopher W Friend

Paul Meyers

Kai Robert Worrell

David Smith

Jay Kendall

A method for pre-operative orthopedic planning includes obtaining only a high-resolution knee-joint scan of a patient, determining hip rotation center and ankle rotation center from anthropometric data based on personal data of the patient, and determining a mechanical axis of the knee joint based on the anthropometric data. The method also includes preparing at least a two-dimensional image model of the knee joint using the knee-joint scan and the determined mechanical axis, and preparing a pre-operative surgical plan based on the image of the knee joint.

Patient-specific pre-operative planning

Systems including a provisional tibial prosthesis system are disclosed. The provisional system can include a tibial component, a base component, and a shim component. The tibial component can have a proximal surface and a distal surface, the distal surface can be configured to seat on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The base component can have a proximal surface and can be configured to couple with the tibial component when disposed on the proximal surface thereof. The shim component can have a proximal surface and a distal surface. The proximal surface can be configured as an articulating surface sized and shaped to articulate with a femoral prosthesis and the distal surface can be configured to couple with the base component at the proximal surface thereof.

Bearing trial system

A patient-specific guiding system for guiding an instrument relative to a portion of an anatomical feature of a patient. The patient-specific guiding system includes a patient-specific guide. The guide includes a first portion having a first patient-specific inner surface that conforms to a first surface of the anatomical feature and an outer surface opposite the first patient-specific inner surface. The first portion also includes a guide surface for use in guiding the instrument relative to the anatomical feature. The guide also includes a second portion having a second patient-specific inner surface that conforms to a second surface of the anatomical feature and an outer surface opposite the second patient-specific inner surface. The second portion is removably connected to the first portion.

Patient specific alignment guide with cutting surface and laser indicator

An orthopedic instrument for knee arthroplasty includes an anterior-posterior sizer assembly, a tensor assembly and a rotation mechanism. The sizer assembly includes a stylus, a sizer body including medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly from the sizer body, and a sizer slider that can slide relative to the sizer body along a medial-lateral direction relative to a patient's knee. The tensor assembly includes a tensor frame having a central portion, medial and lateral wings extending at an angle from the central portion, and medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly to the central portion. The rotation mechanism includes a portion coupled to the tensor frame of the tensor assembly and a portion coupled to the sizer body. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the medial and lateral posterior feet of the sizer body relative to the tensor frame toward a lateral side of the patient's knee.

Knee sizing and balancing instrument

An orthopedic device includes a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface. The femoral implant includes at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient. The parameters can include patient-specific lengths, such as, for example, medial and lateral condyle widths and notch height, and patient-specific medial and lateral angles.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing an implant

A method for preparing surgical kits for use during a surgery includes preparing a pre-operative surgical plan for a patient and selecting a set of surgical instruments based on the pre-operative surgical plan. The set of surgical instruments includes at least a general instrument, a first size-specific instrument, a patient-specific instrument, and a surgeon-specific instrument. The general instrument is selected from a predetermined group of off-the-shelf instruments. The first size-specific instrument has a first size selected from predetermined sizes. The patient-specific instrument includes a three-dimensional contoured engagement surface configured to nest into a portion of a native anatomy in a single location. The surgeon-specific instrument is selected based on a surgeon preference and is a different instrument than the selected general instrument, first size-specific instrument, and patient-specific instrument. The method further includes preparing a surgeon instrument kit containing the set of surgical instruments in sterilized form.

Backup surgical instrument system and method

Systems and apparatuses including a tibial insert for replacement of a knee joint of a patient are disclosed. The insert can comprise a proximal surface configured to interface with a bearing, a post and a distal surface. The post can extend from the proximal surface and can be configured to be received in a recess in the bearing. The bearing can be configured to pivot about the post to move relative to the proximal surface. The distal surface can be spaced from the proximal surface and can be configured to interface with a tibial baseplate. The distal surface can be configured with a connection mechanism to connect with the tibial baseplate.

Tibial insert

A cut block positioning jig including a first alignment member, a second alignment member, and both first and second guide members. The first alignment member is movable towards and away from a patient's bone to which the positioning jig is mounted to arrange the jig at a predetermined position relative to the bone based on x-rays of the patient. The second alignment member is movable towards and away from the bone to arrange the jig at the predetermined position relative to the bone. The first and second guide members are configured to direct cut block support members to the bone to couple a cut block to the bone to provide the bone with patient-specific cuts.

X-ray based cutblock positioning jig

Methods, systems and apparatuses including apparatuses that can be used in knee replacement procedures are disclosed. According to one example, a method is disclosed that can include determining a desired flexion space between a tibia and a femur with the patient's knee joint oriented in flexion, referencing a tibia resection guide along the tibia a distance from the desired flexion space, resecting a proximal end portion of the tibia with the tibia resection guide, inserting an intramedullary rod into the femur with the patient's knee joint in flexion, tensioning the patient's knee joint to create a flexion gap by separating the tibia and the femur, sequent to tensioning the patient's knee joint, reorienting the femur into extension relative to the tibia and re-tensioning the patient's knee joint to create an extension gap that substantially matches the flexion gap.

Knee resection and gap balancing instruments and techniques

A method of implanting a prosthetic knee joint assembly. The method includes: coupling a femoral component to a femur, and coupling a tibial component to a tibia; coupling a ligament link to one of the femur or the tibia; coupling the ligament link to a coupling component of one of the femoral component or the tibial component; arranging the ligament link in a first position relative to the tibial component when the prosthetic knee joint assembly is implanted in a left knee; and arranging the ligament link in a second position relative to the tibial component when the prosthetic knee joint assembly is implanted in a right knee, the second position is different from the first position.

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Winona Lake, IN, United States of America

Brian Uthgenannt