Femoral surface shaping guide for knee implants
CA 2005847 A1 · Owner: Whiteside, Leo Allen · Inventors: Stamp, Carl M.; Whiteside, Leo Allen
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The present invention relates to a distal femoral surface shaping guide for mounting on an intramedullary alignment guide which references the central long axis of the femur in shaping the distal femoral surface and a method for shaping the distal femur using that shaping guide with particular applicability for shaping one condyle for attachment of a unicondylar prosthesis. The alignment guide of the present invention is adjustable relative to the surface of the condyle to insure that the distal femoral condyle is resected relative to that surface. The alignment guide of the present invention utilizes visual sighting studs and provides a main body which remains attached to the …
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- Filed December 18, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 18, 2009.
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