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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicants:
Tim Vendrely, Warsaw, IN (US);
M. Kathleen Willison, Indian River, MI (US);
Lowry Barnes, Little Rock, AR (US);
Inventors:
Tim Vendrely, Warsaw, IN (US);
M. Kathleen Willison, Indian River, MI (US);
Lowry Barnes, Little Rock, AR (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A kit for removal of bone adjacent to an implanted prosthesis. The kit includes a guide for cooperation with the prosthesis and a tool constrainable by the guide for removal of the bone. The guide may include a first portion of the guide that is co-operable with the tool and a second portion of the guide that is co-operable with the prosthesis.