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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
David Wayne Daniels, Warsaw, IN (US);
Charles Wesley Jaggers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kimberly Ann Dwyer, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David William Morrow, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Brad Alan Parker, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daniel J. Berry, Rochester, MN (US);
David Wayne Daniels, Warsaw, IN (US);
Charles Wesley Jaggers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kimberly Ann Dwyer, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David William Morrow, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Brad Alan Parker, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daniel J. Berry, Rochester, MN (US);
Depuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A kit () for use in performing joint arthroplasty is provided. The kit () includes a trial () and a reamer (). The reamer () is for preparing a cavity () in the intramedullary canal () of a long bone () with the use of a driver () and to assist in performing a trial reduction. The reamer () includes a first portion () for placement at least partially in the cavity () of the long bone () and a second portion () operably connected to the first portion (). The reamer () is removably connected to the driver () to rotate the reamer (). The trial () is removably attachable to the reamer ().