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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002

Filed:

Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark Allan Manasas, Easton, MA (US);

Alfred F. DeCarlo, Jr., Stamford, CT (US);

Michael S. Varieur, Attleboro, MA (US);

Assignee:

Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ; A61B 1/790 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ; A61B 1/790 ;
Abstract

An alignable orthopedic prosthesis system includes a prosthesis and an alignment guide. The prosthesis includes a stem having at least one keyed component extending along its outer surface. The alignment guide has an alignment body with a guide surface disposed on an inner portion thereof. The guide surface has a key element formed therein for engageably receiving the keyed component of the prosthesis.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Manasas, Mark. (2002). Alignment guide for fluted prosthetic stems (U.S. Patent No. 6371991). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6371991

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