Zimmer Gmbh

Louis Bigliani

Evan L Flatow

Roy C Wiley

Michael Pearl

Ken Yamaguchi

Gregory Nicholson

Anthony Miniaci

Anitra Durand-Allen

Ian Kelly

George McCluskey

John Edward Meyers

David B Willard

Terry D Schlotterback

Randy Allard

The present invention relates to a set of tools and accessories used for properly positioning a stemmed humeral component, and/or a humeral stem provisional, within a canal in the humerus. The set of tools and accessories includes one or more fin clamps that are configured to be temporarily attached to a fin on the humeral component or the provisional; a ruler that is configured to be attached to the arm of the fin clamp, a fixation pin and pin driver configured to be used with the other tools for marking a position on the humerus; and one or more sleeves that are configured to slide over the stem of the humeral stem provisional to maintain it in the desired position.

Method and instruments for positioning humeral component during shoulder arthroplasty

An orthopaedic instrument and a method for its use in sizing a glenoid implant anchor site and for pressurizing bone cement in the anchor site. The instrument has a shaft with a handle on one end thereof and a pressure plate on the other end thereof. An implant site probe, corresponding in shape to the glenoid implant anchor, extends outwardly from a bone facing surface of the pressure plate. A seal against the bone facing surface surrounds the implant site probe. Forcing the implant site probe into the implant site filled with bone cement forces bone cement into the cancellous bone surrounding the implant site.

Orthopaedic instrument for sizing implant sites and for pressurizing bone cement and a method for using the same

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