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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
John R. White, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Lance Dean Perry, Warsaw, IN (US);
Aaron P. Smith, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Warsaw, IN (US);
Bryan Morrison, Goshen, IN (US);
W. Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Tyler D. Witt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mark A. Bollinger, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An acetabular device includes a patient-specific acetabular alignment guide including a bone engagement surface. The bone engagement surface has a first portion configured and shaped to be conforming and complementary to an acetabular rim surface and a second portion configured and shaped to be conforming and complementary to a periacetabular area of an acetabulum of a patient. The acetabular alignment guide includes a plurality of guiding formations extending through the second portion for guiding a plurality of alignment pins therethrough. The bone engagement surface and the plurality of guiding formations are prepared from a three-dimensional model of the acetabulum of the specific patient reconstructed pre-operatively from a scan of the patient.