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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:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas M. Coon, Redding, CA (US);
Alfred J Tria, Jr., Princeton, NJ (US);
Donald M. Smucker, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Richard R. Van Zile, Bryan, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas M. Coon, Redding, CA (US);
Alfred J Tria, Jr., Princeton, NJ (US);
Donald M. Smucker, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Richard R. Van Zile, Bryan, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing total knee arthroplasty which is minimally invasive includes components with guide surfaces and slots for controlling the path of a cutting saw. The instrumentation permits resection of the proximal end of the tibia and distal end of the femur to be performed either medially or laterally with minimal cutting of soft tissue.