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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Troy D Martin, Pierceton, IN (US);
Assignee:
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 88 ; 606 87 ;
Abstract
An instrument is provided in accordance with the present invention for guiding the resection of the bone. Instrument includes a saw guide formed to include a slot. The slot is defined by an upper guide surface and lower guide surface. Guide surfaces are intermittent surfaces to provide a low-friction saw guide surface. Guide surfaces form waves, the upper surfaces of which lie in a common plane.