Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knee sizing and balancing instrument
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Application No.: US14732861Application Date: 2015-06-08
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Publication No.: US09693881B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Jerry J. Lorio , Brian A. Uthgenannt
- Applicant: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61F2/46
- IPC: A61F2/46 ; A61B17/02 ; A61B17/16 ; A61F2/38 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A method of sizing and balancing a knee including: placing an integrated orthopedic instrument in contact with a resected distal femoral surface of a femur of a knee in flexion such that medial and lateral posterior feet of a tensor frame of the instrument are in contact with posterior condyles of the femur and such that medial and lateral posterior feet of a sizer body of the instrument are positioned on a spacer placed on a resected proximal surface of the patient's tibia; securing first and second wings extending from a central portion of the tensor frame on the resected distal femoral surface; rotating the sizer body relative to the tensor frame via a rotation mechanism that connects the sizer body and the tensor frame to balance the ligaments; and sizing the patient's femur by moving a stylus coupled to the sizer body on an anterior surface of the femur.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150335448A1 Knee Sizing And Balancing Instrument Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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