Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices and methods for performing knee arthroplasty
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Application No.: US13661636Application Date: 2012-10-26
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Publication No.: US10201356B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Zachary Christopher 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: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/15
- IPC: A61B17/15 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/17 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/38

Abstract:
Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130144293A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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