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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventor:
Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/154 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/16 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4658 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4668 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.