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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Cork, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, Cork, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 17/2812 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2837 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method for performing an orthopedic surgical procedure on a knee joint of a patient includes resecting a proximal end of a patient's tibia to create a resected surface of the patient's tibia and positioning a tibial paddle of a sensor module on the proximal end of the patient's tibia. The tibial paddle includes a sensor array generating sensor signals indicative of the joint force of the patient's knee joint. The method also includes performing a number of orthopedic surgical steps while monitoring a display of the sensor module that provides a visual indication of the medial-lateral balance of the joint force of the patient's knee joint.