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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Thomas F. Holovacs, Hingham, MA (US);
Daniel J. Williman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Conrad L. Klotz, Lutz, FL (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A cover for use in protecting a resected surface of a long bone for use in joint arthroplasty includes a body, a plurality of independently moveable members moveably attached to the body, two of the plurality of independently movable members configured to move linearly with respect to the body along a first plane and along a first axis, the body and the plurality of independently moveable members defining a first periphery of the cover along the first plane in one configuration which is smaller than, and encompassed by, a second periphery of the cover along the first plane in a second configuration, and a lip fixedly extending downwardly along an outer radial periphery of one of the body and the plurality of independently moveable members in a direction not co-planar with the first plane.