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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham Biglari Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael Dean Hughes, Cordova, TN (US);
David L. Evans, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Sharp, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Thomas S. Wolfe, Collierville, TN (US);
Luke Andrew Gibson, Southaven, MS (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham Biglari Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael Dean Hughes, Cordova, TN (US);
David L. Evans, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Sharp, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Thomas S. Wolfe, Collierville, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Patient-matched surgical instruments, and methods for making patient-matched surgical instruments, may include patient-matched surgical instruments having an anatomy facing side with several discrete, physically separate anatomy contacting portions configured to match the anatomy of a particular patient. The anatomy contacting portions may be one or more of non-uniform in distribution, non-uniform in shape or non-uniform in surface area.