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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:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas S Thornhill, Dover, MA (US);
Michael B Martyn, Norwell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 88 ; 606 86 ;
Abstract
Instrumentation useful in knee revision surgery uses the intramedullary canal as a mount for other instruments, such as cutting guides. A bearing sleeve is inserted into the intramedullary canal by a rod. The position of the rod within the sleeve and the canal is then fixed and a cutting guide is attached to the proximal end of the rod. The rod and sleeve connection prevents abandonment of the sleeve in the canal.