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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Inventors:
Daniel N. Huff, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kaela A. Wong, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0805 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4533 (2013.01); A61B 5/6867 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0864 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for balancing a patient's knee joint during an orthopaedic surgical procedure includes measuring a conductance of a medial collateral ligament and a lateral collateral ligament of the patient's knee joint and balancing the tension of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments based on the measured conductance. The tension of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments may be balanced by reducing a difference between the measured conductance.