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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. 24, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amy A Corvelli, Montville, NJ (US);
Arthur S Heissenbuttel, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Yu Chang Lin, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bryan J Smith, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Osteonics Corp., Allendale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 88 ; 606102 ;
Abstract
A patella clamp and method for use in resecting a patella for the reception of a patellar prosthesis holds the patella in a preparation position and provides the surgeon with a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of the bone thickness of the patella prior to and subsequent to resection, as well as a direct and interoperative accurate visual indication of an interoperatively settable depth of resection, all without the necessity for introducing supplemental instruments or other apparatus during the resection procedure.