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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Donald Dye, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Inventor:
Donald Dye, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Austin, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive hip surgery for implanting a prosthetic acetabular component into a natural acetabulum. The method and apparatus include a driving instrument and driving guide for aligning and driving bone screws and screw-hole plugs. The instrument includes a working section and a driving section connected together with a joint connector. The joint connector enables the working and driving sections to move to various angles relative to each other.