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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Co Cork, IE;
Jay R. Lieberman, Avon, CT (US);
Benjamin J. Sordelet, Columbia City, IN (US);
Richard Spencer Jones, Shropshire, GB;
Timothy G. Vendrely, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Stephanie M. Wainscott, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca L. Chaney, Warsaw, IN (US);
Joseph G. Wyss, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen A. Hazebrouck, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Aaron J. Matyas, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, IE;
Abstract
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system includes a first broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to a handle and a tapered body having a plurality of cutting teeth defined therein, and a second broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to the handle in place of the first broach, a first tapered body extending distally from a second end positioned opposite the first end, and a second tapered body extending distally from the first tapered body. The tapered body of the first broach and the first tapered body of the second broach have a first outer geometry and the second tapered body has a second outer geometry different from the first outer geometry.