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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:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Francisco Faoro, Zürich, CH;
Tom Overes, Winterthur, CH;
Francisco Faoro, Zürich, CH;
Tom Overes, Winterthur, CH;
Zimmer, GmbH, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the preparation of a femoral condyle for the insertion of monocondylar knee implants, comprising a spreading device for the setting of a desired spacing between a femoral condyle and an oppositely disposed tibia plateau and comprising at least one functional attachment couplable in a vertically adjustable manner with the spreading device, wherein the spreading device includes a spreading section, which can be introduced between the femoral condyle and the tibia plateau and which extends substantially perpendicular to the spreading direction, and a handling section for the spreading section which includes an angle α>90° with the spreading section (), and wherein the functional attachment supports a cutting and/or drilling jig and is adjustable at least vertically relative to the spreading device when the desired spacing is set at the handling section by means of the spreading device.
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