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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Rejoint S.r.l., Bologna, IT;
Inventor:
Maurilio Marcacci, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
REJOINT S.R.L., Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract
The disclosure herein relates to various surgical methods for implanting a prosthesis in a patient. In particular, in some embodiments, a surgical method for preparing a knee of a patient to implant a customized knee prosthesis comprising: identifying epiphysary axis () of the patient tibia () by connecting the center of the tibial plateau with the center of the growth plate remnant on a preoperative planning; and performing a tibial cut () perpendicular to the epiphysary axis () of the tibia ().