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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, County Cork, IE;
Inventors:
Steven Kitch, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jeremy Oden, Huntington, IN (US);
Graeme John Dutton, Burnley, GB;
Takayuki Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Kevin Cooney, New Haven, IN (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 17/154 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a surgical instrument for use in a knee replacement surgical procedure includes assembling a ligament balancer instrument assembly by selecting from a number of differently sized tibial paddles and femoral paddles and thereafter securing the assembled ligament balancer instrument assembly to a distraction instrument.