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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2004
Francisco Faoro, Zurich, CH;
Tom Overes, Winterthur, CH;
Francisco Faoro, Zurich, CH;
Tom Overes, Winterthur, CH;
Zimmer GmbH, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for the preparation of a femoral condyle for the insertion of monocondylar knee implants. In one embodiment, at least one combined cutting and drilling jig can be fixed to the femoral condyle, when the knee is in flexion, at a desired spacing from a tibia plateau dependent on the thickness of a tibia implant to be inserted. The jig can include a concave side facing the femoral condyle and curved in accordance with a femur implant to be inserted. The jig can further include at least one fixing passage in a drilling section of the jig for a drill and for a fixing element, with the fixing passage being positioned and orientated with respect to a curved side in accordance with the femur implant to be inserted. The jig includes at least one slot in a cutting section of the jig for a cutting tool by which a cutting plane for a condylar cut is defined and having a coupling section for an aligning aid by means of which the cutting and drilling jig located at the desired spacing from the tibia plateau can be adjusted relative to the femoral condyle.
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