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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty
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Application No.: US12790312Application Date: 2010-05-28
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Publication No.: US08758353B2Publication Date: 2014-06-24
- Inventor: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson , Christopher F. Scifert , Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi , Katherine S. Anderson , Gerard A. Engh
- Applicant: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson , Christopher F. Scifert , Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi , Katherine S. Anderson , Gerard A. Engh
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, 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.
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- US08840616B2 Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty Public/Granted day:2014-09-23
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