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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Garrett Sheffer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Ryan Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Garrett Sheffer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Ryan Schoenefeld, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for use in tracking movement of a patella through a range of motion during a surgical navigation procedure, comprising a frame fixed in relation to the patella, a patella trial component associated with the frame for fixing the frame relative to the patella, and a reference array configured to attach to the frame, the reference array having first, second and third markers, the first, second and third markers being detectable by a surgical navigation system when exposed to a measurement field of the surgical navigation system.