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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Ashley M. Snider, Memphis, TN (US);
Bryan I. Nishimoto, Germantown, TN (US);
Matthew J. Demmer, Memphis, TN (US);
David Mehl, Memphis, TN (US);
Timothy J. Bourne, Etobicoke, CA (US);
James Gatewood, Memphis, TN (US);
Phillip Frederick, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham B. Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Ashley M. Snider, Memphis, TN (US);
Bryan I. Nishimoto, Germantown, TN (US);
Matthew J. Demmer, Memphis, TN (US);
David Mehl, Memphis, TN (US);
Timothy J. Bourne, Etobicoke, CA (US);
James Gatewood, Memphis, TN (US);
Phillip Frederick, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham B. Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An alignment guide for aligning instrumentation along a proximal femur includes a neck portion configured to wrap around a portion of the neck of the femur, a head underside portion configured to abut a disto-lateral portion of the femoral head and a medial head portion configured to overlie a medial portion of the head. Portions of the guide can have an inner surface generally a negative of the femoral bone of a specific patient that the guide overlies; such surfaces can be formed using data obtained from the specific patient. The neck portion can be configured to rotationally stabilize the guide by abutting and generating a first gripping force on the neck. The femoral head portions can be configured to grip the head portion of the femur and can support a bore guide that is configured to guide an instrument to the femur in a specified location and along a given axis.