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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Haberman, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Stephen A. Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Nikhil N. Verma, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1635 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 17/1778 (2016.11); A61B 2017/2808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/285 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.