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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:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Jody L. Claypool, Columbia City, IN (US);
Sudip Hui, Kolkata, IN;
James S. Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Donald M. Patmore, Warsaw, IN (US);
Dale E. Walriven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jody L. Claypool, Columbia City, IN (US);
Sudip Hui, Kolkata, IN;
James S. Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Donald M. Patmore, Warsaw, IN (US);
Dale E. Walriven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/74 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A femoral head center locating mechanism and method for using same. The femoral head center locating mechanism may include a frame and a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams which intersect to identify a reference point relative to a center of a femoral head.