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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Austen Davenport, Columbia City, IN (US);
Aaron P. Smith, Warsaw, IN (US);
Tyler D. Witt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Austen Davenport, Columbia City, IN (US);
Aaron P. Smith, Warsaw, IN (US);
Tyler D. Witt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4603 (2013.01); A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30426 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4624 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for engaging a prosthesis and for implanting the same. The system can include a component or plurality of components to engage an acetabular prosthesis in both rotational and axial fixation. A method of using the insertion assembly is also disclosed. In addition, a method of assembling, disassembling, and cleaning the insertion assembly is disclosed.