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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Steven E. Dietzel, Peru, IN (US);
Tim Yoko, Granger, IN (US);
Anthony Romano, Columbia City, IN (US);
Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Syracuse, IN (US);
Nolan C. Jones, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a cut guide including a locking area, an alignment guide, and a connect mechanism to connect the cut guide to the alignment guide, wherein the connect mechanism includes a cone lock connect mechanism configured to engage with the cut guide locking area.
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