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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Adam M. Griner, Columbia City, IN (US);
Douglas G. Branscome, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Marvin Figueroa, Warsaw, IN (US);
John Edward Meyers, Columbia City, IN (US);
Randy G. Smythe, Tippecanoe, IN (US);
Robert Emil Snizek, Warsaw, IN (US);
Vincent A. Webster, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zimmer Technology, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An easily assembled provisional orthopaedic implant having first and second components. The first component may include a stem which can be inserted into an intramedullary canal and may be a femoral component of a knee joint prosthesis. The second component has a body and a sliding retention member. The retention member can be manually engaged with a groove on the stem of the first component to lock the two components together. The second component may form of an intercondylar box and have a projecting tab engageable with a recess on the femoral component to properly orient the two components when they are placed in registry with each other.