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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Anthony D. Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Danny E. Mcadams, Warsaw, IN (US);
Brian A. Magee, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Andrew M. Jacobs, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Anthony D. Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Danny E. McAdams, Warsaw, IN (US);
Brian A. Magee, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Andrew M. Jacobs, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Depuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Surgical instruments for use in sizing tissue defects and selecting an appropriate implant for the defect include sizing templates. The sizing templates are sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the implants. The sizing templates may be retractable into a tube for use in arthroscopic surgery. The retractable sizing templates are resilient to allow them to be retracted into a small diameter tube, and to expand on release from the tube to the desired size and shape. The method of using the instrument set is also described.