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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
David C. Kelman, Somerville, TN (US);
John Clausen, Germantown, TN (US);
M. Scott Elliott, Memphis, TN (US);
David L. Evans, Bartlett, TN (US);
Kevin W. Belew, Hernando, MS (US);
David W. Rister, Nesbit, MS (US);
Phillip E. Frederick, Germantown, TN (US);
Russell Walter, Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A trial medical instrument for aligning an acetabular component, comprising: a first portion configured to fit within a patient's acetabulum; and a second portion extending from the first portion; wherein the second portion extends from the first portion in a direction that mimics a shape formed by a femoral implant component coupled with an acetabular implant component when a femur to which the femoral implant component is coupled is in a position relative to an acetabulum to which the acetabular implant component is coupled that is near an extent of a typical range of motion of the femur. As used herein, the phrase 'extent of a typical range of motion' describes typical angular displacements of a femur as usually limited by patient anatomy.