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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
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 or replicating the orientation of an adjustable component of an implant with respect to a stem portion of the implant includes a base assembly configured to clamp the stem portion of the implant in a predetermined orientation, and a fixture supported on the base assembly in a predetermined orientation with respect to the base assembly, the fixture including a locking assembly configured to be adjusted in three dimensions and locked in a configuration which angularly locks an alignment tool relative to the fixture in the three dimensions when the alignment tool is engaged with the adjustable component and the adjustable component is operably assembled with the stem portion and the stem portion is clamped by the base assembly.