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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Christopher F. Scifert, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jason S. Jordan, Hanando, MS (US);
John H. Newman, Bristol, GB;
William B. Smith, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Christopher F. Scifert, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jason S. Jordan, Hanando, MS (US);
John H. Newman, Bristol, GB;
William B. Smith, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A system for preparing a trochlear region of a resected femur is disclosed. The system includes a reamer guide and a reamer. The reamer guide has a first arcuate portion, a second arcuate portion, a wall, a protrusion connected to the wall, a leg connected to one of the first or second arcuate portion, and a distal tip portion connected to the leg. The reamer is adapted to rotatably connect to the distal tip portion, and the reamer has a first end portion, a second end portion, and one or more flutes.