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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Jeff Blaylock, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jody L. Claypool, Warsaw, IN (US);
Stephen H. Hoag, Warsaw, IN (US);
Anthony Romano, Columbia City, IN (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic inserter includes an inserter head having at least first and second bosses, at least one of the bosses movable from a first position to a second position, that couple the inserter to a femoral provisional component via a pair of corresponding apertures, such as drill holes, within the articulating surfaces of a selected one of a series of femoral provisional components. Each provisional component of the series is capable of having different aperture distances measured between a respective pair of apertures. The bosses of the inserter are biased into an engagement position in which the inserter can be secured to a femoral provisional component to eliminate the need for an external engagement force to be supplied to the inserter.