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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2019
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Keith R. Berend, Columbus, OH (US);
Michael E. Berend, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., New Albany, OH (US);
Lance Dean Perry, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan John Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a knee joint for a prosthesis in a patient includes mating a patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface of a femoral alignment guide onto a corresponding three-dimensional femoral joint surface of the patient. The patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface is preoperatively configured from medical scans of the knee joint of the patient. First and second holes are drilled into an anterior portion of the femoral joint surface through corresponding first and second guiding apertures of the femoral alignment guide.