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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1988
Harold K Dunn, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is in an apparatus and surgical procedure for fitting a hip prosthetic implant to a distal femur in a surgical procedure, replacing the femur neck and ball end. The present process is for testing to verify that a distal femur intramedullary channel is properly prepared to receive, in friction fitting engagement, the prosthetic implant. Which process is practiced utilizing an adapter that is for coupling to a square drive of a torque wrench. In checking for proper intramedullary channel preparation a torsional force is transmitted through the adapter to a rasp seating in the channel, which rasp is used to prepare that intramedullary channel, the torsional force application, to verify proper intramedullary channel preparation, which torque wrench through adapter is also to apply a torsional force to a prosthetic implant seated in that prepared intramedullary channel to verify a proper friction fit thereof.
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