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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Troy W Hershberger, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan C Lakin, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Troy W Hershberger, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan C Lakin, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of implanting at least a stem member of a femoral insert into an intramedullary canal of a femur. The method includes making an anterior incision for accessing the intramedullary canal, and inserting a stem member of the femoral insert into the intramedullary canal through the incision along an arcuate path defined by an arcuate profile of the stem member.