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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Jack F. Long, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen R. Donnelly, Willoughby, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jack F. Long, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen R. Donnelly, Willoughby, OH (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 cutting guide for removal of bone during arthroplasty. The cutting guide includes a housing having a three-dimensional guide path and an arm coupled to the housing and extending through the guide path. The arm includes a burr. As the arm is slid along the path, the burr simultaneously cuts in two planes on the bone.