Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knee sizing and balancing instrument
- Patent Title (中): 膝上型和平衡仪
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Application No.: US13555304Application Date: 2012-07-23
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Publication No.: US09050197B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Jerry J. Lorio , Brian A. Uthgenannt
- Applicant: Jerry J. Lorio , Brian A. Uthgenannt
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Harness, Dickey
- Main IPC: A61B17/02
- IPC: A61B17/02 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B19/00 ; A61F2/38

Abstract:
An orthopedic instrument for knee arthroplasty includes an anterior-posterior sizer assembly, a tensor assembly and a rotation mechanism. The sizer assembly includes a stylus, a sizer body including medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly from the sizer body, and a sizer slider that can slide relative to the sizer body along a medial-lateral direction relative to a patient's knee. The tensor assembly includes a tensor frame having a central portion, medial and lateral wings extending at an angle from the central portion, and medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly to the central portion. The rotation mechanism includes a portion coupled to the tensor frame of the tensor assembly and a portion coupled to the sizer body. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the medial and lateral posterior feet of the sizer body relative to the tensor frame toward a lateral side of the patient's knee.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140025081A1 KNEE SIZING AND BALANCING INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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