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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2006
W Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Kimberly S Parcher, Etna Green, IN (US);
Ryan C Lakin, Newton, NJ (US);
Aaron J Smits, Wayne, IN (US);
Kurt N Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
W Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Kimberly S Parcher, Etna Green, IN (US);
Ryan C Lakin, Newton, NJ (US);
Aaron J Smits, Wayne, IN (US);
Kurt N Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for implanting various portions of a prosthesis into an anatomy. The instruments can include portions that allow for positive and rigid engagement with a selected prosthesis member to allow for positioning it relative to the anatomy. Further, various instruments can include portions that allow it to engage or match with marking portions or alignment portions on a first prosthesis member to align a second prosthesis member with the first one. Further, methods of using the various instruments are taught and providing for a less or minimally invasive procedure.