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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Bollinger, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61B 17/1746 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2019/508 (2013.01);
Abstract
An orthopedic device includes a patient-specific acetabular guide that can be used for preparing an acetabulum of a patient to receive an acetabular implant. The acetabular guide has a body with an outer three-dimensional surface configured to match an acetabulum of a specific patient's hip joint designed from data of the patient's hip joint. The acetabular guide can further include a peripheral annular rim.