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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Conrad Klotz, Nappanee, IN (US);
Daren Deffenbaugh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Trent Wilkinson, Larwill, IN (US);
Edmund Frazee, Cromwell, IN (US);
Conrad Klotz, Nappanee, IN (US);
Daren Deffenbaugh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Trent Wilkinson, Larwill, IN (US);
Edmund Frazee, Cromwell, IN (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An instrument for recording and replicating the spatial orientation of a dialable component of an implant relative to a bone engaging component of the implant includes a base assembly configured to support the trial implant so that the datum is in a predetermined orientation, a fixture supported on said base assembly, said fixture including an alignment tool configured to engage the first dialable component of the trial implant when the trial implant is supported by said base assembly, and a locking assembly configured to record the angular orientation of said alignment tool relative to said fixture with said alignment tool engaged with the first dialable component, and to replicate the recorded angular orientation with the alignment tool and a second dialable component.