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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Jackson R. Heavener, Warsaw, IN (US);
Shawn E. Mcginley, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
James S. Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kathleen J. Radford, Winona Lake, IN (US);
James E. Grimm, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Jackson R. Heavener, Warsaw, IN (US);
Shawn E. McGinley, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
James S. Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kathleen J. Radford, Winona Lake, IN (US);
James E. Grimm, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Zimmer Technology, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Instruments for use in resecting, reshaping, and preparing the end of a bone to receive an implant. The instruments may be equipped with indicator devices in the form of light-emitting devices to project an indicator onto the bone. Examples of such instruments may be a cut guide equipped with a built-in cut plane indicator device and a cut plane indicator device for use with existing cut guides. The cut plane indicator device may provide a visual indication or cue on a surface of the bone indicating where the cut plane of the cut guide will intersect the bone.