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Patent No.:

US 9480482 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2015

Method of assembling and positioning a femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument

Applicant:

Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy OT, IE;

Inventors:

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, IN (US);

Phillip G. Withee, Fall River, MA (US);

Assignee:

DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, , IE;

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher Beccia

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 17/164 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing an orthopedic surgical procedure on a femur includes attaching a proximal end of an intramedullary adaptor to an intramedullary orthopedic surgical instrument, securing a distal end of an intramedullary adaptor to a base cutting block, inserting the intramedullary orthopedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal using the base cutting block, and positioning the base cutting block on a distal end of the femur.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sordelet, Benjamin. (2016). Method of assembling and positioning a femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument (U.S. Patent No. 9480482). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9480482

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