Greatbatch Ltd.

Zimmer Orthopedics, Inc.

John D Krause

Donald Dye

Don E McGee

A support bracket for holding, securing and portioning orthopedic tools and/or devices within a case or tray is described. Multiple support brackets creating a modular system of brackets may be used within the case. Each support bracket is designed to releasably lock within an opening of a floor of the tray or case. The support bracket comprises a support member having opposing sidewall surfaces that upwardly extend from a base portion. A bracket insert, having a bottom wall extending distally from a sidewall, is positionable within a passageway formed within a bottom surface of the base portion to thereby lock the support bracket in position within the tray.

Wedge-lock bracket fixation

A method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive hip replacement surgery using a T-handle ruler to make measurements inside the surgical site to assist in implanting a prosthetic femoral hip into the intramedullary canal of the natural femur. The ruler has an elongated central body and two measuring ends that are angled with respect to the central body.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

John D Krause