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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
David W. Waite, Ii, Pensacola, FL (US);
Aaron J. Matyas, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Duncan G. Young, Yorkshire, GB;
Scott M. Thomas, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Abstract
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system for use during a surgical procedure to implant an orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial trial component adapted to be positioned on a surgically-prepared proximal end of a patient's tibia. The tibial trial component has a base plate and a central post extending upwardly from a superior surface of the base plate. A superior surface of the central post has a ramp surface defined therein, with the ramp surface inclining superiorly in the anterior-to-posterior direction.