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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Jason T. Sherman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mick Rock, Leeds, GB;
Marc Ruhling, Goshen, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DePuy (Ireland), , IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthopaedic surgical device for determining the joint force of a patient's knee joint includes a tibial paddle shaped to be positioned in the patient's knee joint and a handle extending from the tibial paddle. The tibial paddle includes a sensor array positioned therein and configured to generate sensor signals indicative of the joint force of the patient's knee joint. The orthopaedic surgical device also includes a control circuit configured to control a display located on the handle to provide a visual indication of the medial and lateral balance of the joint force.