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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jason D. Meridew, Warsaw, IN (US);
John R. White, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Mark A. Bollinger, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30734 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30235 (2013.01); A61F 2/30724 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2/3662 (2013.01); A61F 2/36 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30574 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30909 (2013.01); A61F 2/4603 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for centering a stem of an implant at an implantation site. The method includes implanting at the implantation site the implant having a sleeve rigidly mounted to the stem of the implant, the stem extends through an interior area of the sleeve. The method further includes compressing the sleeve by applying force to the sleeve to expand a mesh portion of the sleeve outward from the stem and into engagement with sidewalls of the implantation site to thereby center the stem at the implantation site.