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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Carlos E. Collazo, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A knee joint distractor includes a handle that has a length that extends along a longitudinal axis of the knee joint distractor and a distraction head connected to the handle. The distraction head has a femoral contact side and a tibial contact side. The femoral contact side has a first femoral contact portion. The tibial contact side has first and second tibial contact portions. The first tibial contact portion defines an inferior apex of the tibial contact side. The second tibial contact portion has a plurality of teeth offset from the inferior apex in a direction toward the handle.