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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Flom, Redwood City, CA (US);
Julian Nikolchev, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1666 (2013.01); A61B 17/1746 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing therapy to a patient, the method comprising: providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient, wherein providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient comprises forming at least one hole extending from the acetabular shelf to the cortical bone bed of the acetabular cup, such that blood may flow from the cancellous bone underlying the cortical bone bed to the surface of the cortical bone bed, whereby to form a blood clot at the surface of the cortical bone bed.