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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Brad Wheeler, Greenwood, IN (US);
Adam M. Griner, Columbia City, IN (US);
Vincent A. Webster, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca Parrott, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Shaun R. Cronin, Warsaw, IN (US);
Bart C. Benedict, Warsaw, IN (US);
Brad Wheeler, Greenwood, IN (US);
Adam M. Griner, Columbia City, IN (US);
Vincent A. Webster, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca Parrott, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Shaun R. Cronin, Warsaw, IN (US);
Bart C. Benedict, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A device () used during a medical procedure to engage a cross-section of a bone is disclosed herein. The device is selectively expandable to correspond to the cross-section of the bone. Once the device is properly sized, the device is used as a sizing tool to select the proper size of an implant or as a surgical guide for preparing the bone with a surgical instrument, for example.