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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. McKinnon, Arlington, TN (US);
Eric S. Kennedy, Memphis, TN (US);
Michael J. Jackson, Southaven, MS (US);
Randy C. Winebarger, Southaven, MS (US);
Zachary C. Wilkinson, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract
A patient matched instrument for a patient's femur is disclosed. The instrument includes a body having a cutting slot and a patient matched surface that mates with the patient's trochlear groove, a first leg portion extending from the body, a second leg portion extending from the body; and each leg portion has a contacting pad for tangential contact with the patient's femoral medial and lateral condyles.