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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Tornier, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Richard Garret Mauldin, Erie, CO (US);
Yann Brunnarius, Chatuzange le Goubet, FR;
Delphine Henry, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Tornier, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
This surgical ankle repair method comprises providing an instrumentation assembly for positioning an ankle prosthesis including a talar alignment instrument and a cutting block. The talar alignment instrument is positioned such that fins of the talar alignment instrument are disposed in gutters that extend below the tibia and around the trochlea of the talus. The talar alignment instrument is aligned so that the fins are parallel to the rotational plane of the talus. Alignment of the reference markers is confirmed. The talar alignment instrument is attached to the talus. The cutting block is fastened to the talar alignment instrument. The talus is rotated such that the tibial alignment structure is in a parallel alignment to the longitudinal axis of the tibia. The tibial alignment structure is attached to the tibia. A resection of the talus and at least one resection of the tibia is performed using the cutting block.