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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicants:
Scott Brown, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jim Rogers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Alan C. Merchant, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Brown, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jim Rogers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Alan C. Merchant, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A kit () for removal of bone () from a patient to prepare a bone cavity () for receiving a joint prosthesis () is provided. The kit () includes a guide () for cooperation with the bone () and a rotatable tool (). The tool () is constrainable by the guide () for removal of the bone (). The guide () includes a first portion () thereof cooperable with the tool () and a second portion () thereof cooperable with the bone ().