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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
John R. Pepper, New Haven, CT (US);
Lon S. Weiner, Rumson, NJ (US);
Stuart D. Katchis, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Thomas Holton, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan D. Schlotterback, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A bone coupling device is configured for joining a first bone piece to a second bone piece which includes a first component having an inner surface bounding a first cavity and a first stem portion for insertion into the first bone piece. A second component includes a second stem portion for insertion into the second bone piece and an axially extending connector extending from the second stem portion and configured to be inserted into the first cavity. The connector has an outer surface which is complementarily shaped relative to an inner surface to inhibit rotation relative to each other when the connector is received in the cavity to engage the first component and the second component.