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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Steven L. Meulink, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Steven L. Meulink, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/3609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30718 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01); A61F 2/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30341 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3652 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3082 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30235 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2002/365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3611 (2013.01); A61F 2/367 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30334 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3631 (2013.01);
Abstract
A protective sleeve is provided that is useful during minimally invasive surgery to facilitate assembly of modular components. The sleeve prevents contamination of a second component as it is engaged with a previously inserted component. The sleeve may also serve to guide insertion of the second component to facilitate aligning it with the previously inserted component.