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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Justin D. Grostefon, Warsaw, IN (US);
James K. Naylor, Greater Manchester, GB;
Brett M. DeBenedictis, East Bridgewater, MA (US);
Karthikeyan Arumugam, Zuchwil, CH;
Kariyamapudi Gopinath, Chennai, IN;
Kathiresan Ramu, Zuchwil, CH;
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A combination drill guide and depth gauge surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure to implant an acetabular cup component into a surgically-prepared acetabulum of a patient's hip includes an elongated shaft having a drill guide on an end thereof. The instrument also includes a retractable depth probe that may be used to gauge the depth of the holes drilled by use of the drill guide. A method of using such an instrument is also disclosed.