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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Bomar, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey Yeager, Nesbit, MS (US);
Haixiang Hu, Collierville, TN (US);
Jason Jordan, Hernando, MS (US);
Christopher Cyko, Bartlett, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a cutting guide () and methods of using the cutting guide to prepare bone for one or more knee arthroplasty implants. Some embodiments include an alignment mechanism (), a cutting head (), and an ankle clamp ().