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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. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Richard D. Keeven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mari Truman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Keeven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mari Truman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for establishing a prosthetic gap between first and second bones at a joint comprises an instrument for positioning within the gap between the first and second bones, and an augment for filling the gap when coupled to the instrument. In one embodiment, a resilient coupling member is provided to resiliently and removably couple the augment to the instrument. In another embodiment, the instrument and augment are configured so that the augment can be coupled to the instrument on either one of opposite surfaces of the augment facing the first and second bones.