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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Reinhard Graf, Murau, AT;
Martin Imhof, Rotkreuz, CH;
Rene Brack, Rotkreuz, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Rotkreuz, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The application relates to a method of orienting a bone-milling cutter and an impact instrument for a hip-prosthesis cup in an acetabulum. The method includes initially positioning a manipulation cup by a manipulation joint head and representing this position by at least one guide rod or fixation rod that is fixed in a bone. The method also includes removing the manipulation cup and adjusting a position of both the bone-milling cutter and the impact instrument with respect to either the guide rod itself or a guide rod that is attached to a holding device disposed on at least one fixation rod.