Hip Innovation Technology, LLC

Depuy Products, Inc.

Steven MacDonald

Brian VanHiel

Zafer Termanini

Taylor Davis

Stephen A Hazebrouck

Gary D Barnett

Thomas K Fehring

Linda Braddon

William P Barrett

Bohannon J Mason

Surgical trays, tools and methods for use in hip replacement surgery wherein the hip replacement prosthesis is a reverse hip prosthesis. The trial components, specialized tools and methods of the invention enable a surgeon to identify the optimum components of the reverse hip prosthesis for implantation in a patient based on the sizes and angles best adapted to the patent's anatomy.

Surgical trays, instruments and methods for implanting a hip replacement prosthesis

When an acetabular cup used in hip replacement surgery is to be affixed to the acetabulum using screws, the drill guide instruments of the invention are used to position a drill bit so that the screw holes drilled in the acetabulum are properly placed for optimum implantation of the acetabular cup. The drill guide is locked into the acetabular cup by spring loaded pins which position the guide over holes in the cup which accommodate the screws. The guide is used to position the drill bits and allow drilling. After drilling the guide is removed.

Drill guide for acetabular cup fasteners

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