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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Keith R. Berend, Columbus, OH (US);
Michael E. Berend, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., New Albany, OH (US);
Lance D. Perry, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan J. Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Keith R. Berend, Columbus, OH (US);
Michael E. Berend, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., New Albany, OH (US);
Lance D. Perry, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ryan J. Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic device for preparing a knee joint for a prosthesis in a patient includes a femoral alignment guide. The femoral alignment guide has a patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface preoperatively configured from medical image scans of the knee joint of the patient to nestingly conform and mate and match only in one position to a corresponding three-dimensional femoral surface of a joint surface of the patient. The femoral alignment guide has a first guiding aperture corresponding to a distal portion of the femoral surface and a second guiding aperture corresponding to an anterior portion of the femoral surface.