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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
John M. Cuckler, Birmingham, AL (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Kurt Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Trevor S. Schlueter, Gainesville, FL (US);
James M. Mckale, Leesburg, IN (US);
Radu Serban, Warsaw, IN (US);
John M. Cuckler, Birmingham, AL (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Kurt Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Trevor S. Schlueter, Gainesville, FL (US);
James M. McKale, Leesburg, IN (US);
Radu Serban, Warsaw, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A guide for cutting a bone comprising an anterior portion and a distal portion orientated at about a right angle to the anterior portion. The distal portion includes a guiding side, a distal surface at the guiding side, a box-cut shaped opening defined by the guiding side, a plurality of first cutting surfaces disposed at the guiding side at an acute angle relative to the distal surface of the guiding side operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form chamfer cuts in the bone, and a second cutting surface disposed at the guiding side at least about a right angle to the distal surface operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form a posterior cut in the bone.