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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:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry L Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
Richard D Vanlaningham, Leesburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 87 ; 606 86 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method are provided for milling bone. The apparatus includes a template having a reference surface for controlling depth of cut and a track for guiding the cutter in two dimensions to cut a planar surface.
Published as:
CA2086799A1; EP0554959A1; AU3025492A; JPH05269140A; US5344423A; AU658466B2; US5486180A; EP0554959B1; DE69306821D1; DE69306821T2; JP3362063B2; CA2086799C;