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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Jeffrey H. Nycz, Collierville, TN (US);
Keith M. Kinnane, Bartlett, TN (US);
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Jeetendra Bharadwaj, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey H. Nycz, Collierville, TN (US);
Keith M. Kinnane, Bartlett, TN (US);
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Jeetendra Bharadwaj, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical procedure according to which a slotted film is positioned over an area of a bone to be milled; and a portion of a milling assembly is inserted in the defect, with another portion of the assembly extending through one of the slots so that the slot can be used as a guide to mill the bone.