Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intraoperatively adjusting guide alignment
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Application No.: US14420437Application Date: 2013-08-09
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Publication No.: US10188402B2Publication Date: 2019-01-29
- Inventor: Eric S. Kennedy , Zachary C. Wilkinson
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Pepper Hamilton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/054280 WO 20130809
- International Announcement: WO2014/026084 WO 20140213
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
An alignment guide includes a main body sized and shaped to contact the proximal end of a tibia, and a retaining guide coupled to the main body. The retaining guide includes guide surfaces and is adjustable relative to the main body such that an operator can intra-operatively adjust the position of the guide surfaces relative to the main body to capture the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament between the guide surfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US10092298B2 Intraoperatively adjusting guide alignment Public/Granted day:2018-10-09
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