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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Benjamin J. Sordelet, Warsaw, IN (US);
Chad E. Derf, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca L. Chaney, Warsaw, IN (US);
Craig S. Tsukayama, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Carl F. Livorsi, Lakeville, MA (US);
Phillip G. Withee, Fall River, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Sordelet, Warsaw, IN (US);
Chad E. Derf, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca L. Chaney, Warsaw, IN (US);
Craig S. Tsukayama, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Carl F. Livorsi, Lakeville, MA (US);
Phillip G. Withee, Fall River, MA (US);
DEPUY (IRELAND), , IE;
Abstract
A method for performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a femur includes attaching a proximal end of an intramedullary adaptor to an intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument, securing a distal end of an intramedullary adaptor to a base cutting block, inserting the intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal using the base cutting block, and positioning the base cutting block on a distal end of the femur.