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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Dean Hughes, Cordova, TN (US);
Abraham Biglari Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Luke Andrew Gibson, Southaven, MS (US);
David L. Evans, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Sharp, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Thomas S. Wolfe, Collierville, 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 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/1767 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30952 (2013.01);
Abstract
Patient-matched surgical instruments and associated methods having an anatomy facing side including several discrete, physically separate anatomy contacting portions configured to match the anatomy of a particular patient and including one or more of non-uniform in distribution, non-uniform in shape and non-uniform in surface area.