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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:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Clive P. Duncan, Vancouver, CA;
Laban D. Cook, Claypool, IN (US);
Robert D. Krebs, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen J. Vankoski, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Clive P. Duncan, Vancouver, CA;
Laban D. Cook, Claypool, IN (US);
Robert D. Krebs, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen J. Vankoski, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Technology, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An osteotomy guide for indicating the femoral neck resection on a femur and its method of use are presented. The osteotomy guide includes an indexing feature for aligning the guide with an anatomic landmark and a resection guide for indicating the resection relative to the indexing feature.