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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Christopher Abee Roger, Waldwick, NJ (US);
Scott Dale Harrington, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Mark Nemec, Chester, NY (US);
Christopher Abee Roger, Waldwick, NJ (US);
Scott Dale Harrington, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Mark Nemec, Chester, NY (US);
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for guiding a surgical instrument for shaping the end of a bone includes an alignment plate which has a contact surface and is mounted with the contact surface in a plane substantially perpendicular to the physical axis of the bone and in contact with the bone. A cutting guide is mounted to the alignment plate for rotation about an axis which is substantially parallel to the mechanical axis. The cutting guide includes an instrument-receiver which maintains the surgical instrument in a cutting plane which is substantially parallel to the contact plane and at a predetermined distance from it.