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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
David J Neal, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Gregory A Guederian, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Osteonics Corp., Allendale, NJ (US);
Abstract
An improvement in a surgical instrument set and procedure for the preparation of a proximal femur to receive a revision femoral implant component includes a revision broach for mimicking a selected one of a plurality of revision femoral implant components and the insertion of the revision broach into the proximal femur to a location which emulates the location of the selected one of the plurality of revision femoral implant components, and utilizing a stop member positioned at a selected one of a plurality positions located longitudinally along the revision broach and corresponding to one of a plurality of resection levels determined by the selected revision femoral implant component to maintain the revision broach seated at the emulating location during subsequent trial reduction utilizing a trial neck and a trial head coupled to the revision broach.