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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Joshua B. Catanzarite, Warsaw, IN (US);
Thomas J. Mauch, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3895 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient-specific unicompartmental tibial guide has a patient-specific body with an inner surface. The inner surface is preoperatively configured to nestingly conform and mate in only one position with an anterior portion and a proximal portion of a tibial bone of a specific patient. The tibial guide includes a vertical resection channel having a variable width preoperatively configured for guiding a vertical resection through the proximal portion of the tibial bone.