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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Terry L. Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
John S. Wagley, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Terry L. Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
John S. Wagley, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Depuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A kit for use in performing revision surgery on a cavity in a canal of extending from a resected plane a long bone is provided. The kit includes a canal component fitted to the cavity. The canal component includes a canal portion having first and second ends. The canal component further includes a sleeve portion having an external periphery and an internal periphery defining an internal cavity. The kit also includes a first joint component having a body portion and a connection portion. The connection portion is fitted into the sleeve portion. A connection portion of a second joint component also may be fitted into the sleeve portion so that the external periphery of the connection portion of the first joint component is spaced inwardly from the external periphery of the sleeve portion of the canal component when the first joint component is fixedly connected to the canal.