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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Jackson R. Heavener, Warsaw, IN (US);
Sudip Hui, Kolkata, IN;
Dale E. Walriven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jody L. Claypool, Columbia City, IN (US);
Chetan Rangaiah, Milford, OH (US);
Jackson R. Heavener, Warsaw, IN (US);
Sudip Hui, Kolkata, IN;
Dale E. Walriven, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jody L. Claypool, Columbia City, IN (US);
Chetan Rangaiah, Milford, OH (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for remote alignment of a cut guide. The cut guide may be positioned on a base which is remote from a surgical site and positioned on a docking station. An alignment jig is removably positioned on a bone and is used to provide alignment information to the docking station. The docking station remotely aligns the cut guide relative to the base. Thereafter, the cut guide and base are removed from the docking station and positioned on the bone in place of the alignment jig. A surgical procedure using the cut guide may then be completed.