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5683397 Distal femoral cutting guide apparatus for use in knee joint replacement surgery  
A distal femoral cutting block apparatus for use in knee surgery includes an instrument body that has generally flat opposing parallel surfaces and a plurality flat peripheral surfaces to form a...
5683396 Orthopaedic cutting instrumentation with cam locking arrangement  
A knee cutting instrument apparatus includes an elongated alignment rod that can enable a surgeon to define alignment with a patient's long bone. An instrument block body can slide upon the...
5681314 Cutting a bone graft  
A guide and other tools for cutting a bone graft from, e.g., the patella. The guide includes a guiding portion configured to engage a bone cutting instrument (such as a saw with a curved cutting...
5681316 Tibial resection guide  
A tibial resection guide is adapted to be mated with a tibial cutting guide block. The tibial resection guide enables the cutting guide block and its cutting surface to be manipulated vertically...
5681320 Bone-cutting guide  
A bone-cutting guide having a base with a cylindrical tunnel for guiding a cutting instrument therethrough. The guide is anchored to the bone in at least three locations. A positioning arm having a...
5676668 Femoral locating device assembly  
An improved femoral locating device and system is provided including an angularly adjustable locking alignment portion for appropriately aligning the posterior end of the locator. Another feature...
5674224 Bone mulch screw assembly for endosteal fixation of soft tissue grafts and method for using same  
An apparatus and a method for providing initial mechanical fixation of a hamstring graft and subsequent biologic bonding of the graft to the walls of a femoral tunnel. The apparatus includes a...
5669914 Rotation alignment instrument  
This invention provides a rotation alignment device for aligning the tibia with the femur of a patient prior to placement of prosthetic knee components. The device allows the patient's normal,...
5667511 Tibial resection instrumentation and surgical method  
A method of preparing a patient's proximal tibia with a surgical saw and cutting instrumentation is disclosed. The method of the present invention prepares the patient's proximal tibial to receive...
5667512 Patellar resection guide  
A patella resection guide. The guide includes a cradle having spaced cradle supports to support the quadriceps tendon and patella ligament and properly locate the patella. The resection guide also...
5662656 Instrumentation and method for distal femoral sizing, and anterior and distal femoral resections  
Instrumentation for and a method of sizing the end of a distal femur, and resecting the distal femur. An instrument body construct is provided with an instrument body and a valgus module for...
5658293 Guide platform associated with intramedullary rod  
The invention is directed to an intramedullary rod guide assembly for use in orthopaedic surgery for aligning a cutting or milling guide platform. A guide platform is pivotally connected to an...
5658292 Instrumentation for preparing a distal femur  
A method and apparatus for preparing a planar surface on the distal femur prior to implantation of a femoral knee prosthesis has a femoral plate with an opening therein for exposing both condyles...
5658291 Median ridge referencing patella cutting system  
A median ridge referencing system and method of use in prosthetic knee implantation surgery is provided. The median ridge referencing system comprises a patella clamp including a guide sleeve...
5653714 Dual slide cutting guide  
The guide of this invention provides an alternative to a system requiring a plurality of guides or for a guide with a plurality of slots by providing a single guide which slides along the distal...
5649928 Device for determining resection surfaces of femur and tibia in preparation for implantation of total knee endoprosthesis  
A device for determining resection surfaces on the femur (20) and on tibia (10) in preparation for implantation of a total knee endoprosthesis includes a femoral saw template (12) and a removable...
5643272 Method and apparatus for tibial resection  
A method an apparatus for resecting a proximal tibia during a knee replacement operation is provided. The apparatus includes an ankle clamp, an alignment rod, a fixation head, cutting guide clamps...
5634927 Sizing plate and drill guide assembly for orthopaedic knee instrumentation  
The invention is directed to an orthopaedic instrumentation assembly 10 for at least partially preparing an end of a bone with a drill for receiving a prosthesis. The instrumentation assembly...
5628750 Tibial resection guide alignment apparatus and method  
A tibial resection guide alignment apparatus (10) includes an elongated base member (12) and structure connected to the base member for connecting the base member about a patient's tibia in an...
5624444 Femoral resection instrumentation including three-dimensional jig and method of use  
A set of instruments and method for use in knee replacement surgery, specifically to make the necessary femoral resections is described. The simplified set of instruments allows the necessary...
5616146 Method and apparatus for machining bone to fit an orthopedic surgical implant  
An apparatus for retaining a bone site in a fixed position and guiding a high speed power tool for machining the bone, such as a patella, including a positioner frame for rigid attachment about the...
5613969 Tibial osteotomy system  
A surgical kit for performing a tibial osteotomy is provided, comprising a pair of mounting pins for attaching, an osteotomy guide in a predetermined relation to a tibia; an osteotomy guide,...
5613970 Orthopaedic instrumentation assembly having an offset bushing  
The invention is directed to an orthopaedic instrumentation assembly 10 located relative to an intramedullary member 12, wherein the intramedullary member is disposed at least partially within a...
5611802 Method and apparatus for resecting bone  
A method and apparatus for resecting bone includes an anterior femur resection guide assembly for performing an anterior femur osteotomy, a distal femur resecting guide assembly for performing a...
5603716 Method of ligament reconstruction using double socket graft placement and fixation  
A method of reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament using arthroscopic surgery. A closed-ended socket is formed in the tibia and the femur. The locations of the sockets are determined using...
5601565 Osteotomy method and apparatus  
The present invention relates to an osteotomy guide with a saw guide and an alignment member to be mounted on a pivot pin at the apex of a wedge of bone to be removed. The saw guide establishes a...
5597379 Method and apparatus for femoral resection alignment  
The apparatus of the present invention includes a number of components including a guide body component, an extension block component, a rotating arm component, an extension rod component, and a...
5593411 Orthopaedic milling guide for milling intersecting planes  
A milling guide for connection to an exposed end of a bone for guiding a milling device along the bone to mill away portions of the bone for accommodation of an orthopaedic implant. The guide...
5575793 Patella clamp apparatus  
An improved patella clamp apparatus includes a scissor-like instrument frame having a pair of handles at one end portion. A patella holder and drill collet have gripping surfaces for holding a...
5571110 Orthopedic saw guide for use in a robot-aided system for surgery  
An orthopedic saw guide for confining the blade of a surgical saw to movement in a single plane while allowing translational and rotational movement of the blade within the plane. A pair of...
5570706 Method for ACL reconstruction  
An improved method of reconstructing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). After the knee joint is examined, the gracilis and semitendinosus tendons are harvested and prepared into a graft....
5569260 Distal femoral resector guide  
A distal femoral resector guide includes a generally T-shaped body with a saw guide at the distal end and a proximal stem structure. A rod extends from the saw guide and is intended to engage the...
5569261 Distal femoral cutting guide apparatus with anterior or posterior referencing for use in knee joint replacement surgery  
A distal femoral cutting instrument includes an intramedullary rod for referencing the patient's intramedullary canal. A valgus block with a flat reference surface mounts to the intramedullary rod...
5562674 Intramedullary rod with guide member locator  
The invention is directed to an intramedullary guide rod assembly for use in orthopaedic surgery for aligning one or more milling or cutting guides. A guide member is pivotally connected to an...
5562669 Cruciate ligament reconstruction with tibial drill guide  
A method of ligament reconstruction in which at least one ligament replacement is extended between two bone plugs and fixed within each of two bone tunnels in the bones of a joint using...
5562675 Apparatus for sizing a femoral component  
A sizing assembly for determining the optimum size of a femoral component of a knee prosthesis is placed against the resected distal end of a femur. The assembly includes a body with a flat surface...
5562664 Drill guide with target PCL-oriented marking hook  
A drill guide for marking a proper location of a bone tunnel for arthroseopic surgery, provided with a marking hook designed to reference the posterior cruciate ligament. The marking hook includes...
5554158 Intercondylar notch cutter for posterior stabilized femoral knee prosthesis  
An intercondylar notch cutter using a plunge milling bit and bit guide which engages parallel tracks in a trial prosthesis. The intercondylar notch cutter comprises a cutting bit and a guide...
5549687 Retrofit posterior stabilizing housing implant for replacement knee prosthesis  
A retrofit posterior stabilizing housing is disposed in a resected receptacle in the trochlear groove of a human femur during revision surgery through the intercondylar notch of a previously...
5542947 Slotted patella resection guide and stylus  
A slotted patella resection guide and stylus used in the preparation of the human patella to accept a patella prosthesis in total knee arthroplasty. The guide includes jaw members for gripping...
5536271 Patella reaming system  
A system is disclosed for preparing a natural patella for implantation of a patellar prosthesis. Substantially the same amount of bone removed from the natural patella is replaced by the prosthesis...
5520695 Instruments for use in knee replacement surgery  
The present invention relates to an instrument and method for performing a partial knee replacement and, in particular, a single condyle replacement method. The instrument includes a tibial mounted...
5520692 Adjustable depth patella recessing guide and method  
An adjustable depth patella recessing guide and method for guiding a cutting tool to recess the posterior surface of a patella. The guide includes a body having a first end for engaging the...
5520694 Apparatus and method for aligning knee prostheses  
An apparatus for aligning a surgical instrument having a connection device attached to the femur in the vicinity of the knee joint at a point chosen to be on the mechanical axis. An adjustable...
5514140 Instrumentation for long stem surgery  
A method and apparatus for installing a knee prosthetic component on a patient's tibia includes the selection by a surgeon of one of a plurality of reamers, each of the reamers having a different...
5514143 Apparatus and method for use during surgery  
An improved apparatus provided to position the femur and tibia of a leg relative to each other during surgery includes a femoral section which is fixedly mounted on the femur and a tibial section...
5514139 Method and apparatus for femoral resection  
A distal femur resecting apparatus for use in the preparation of a human distal femur for the implantation of a human femoral prosthesis. The resecting apparatus includes a positioning apparatus...
5496326 Fixation screw and method for ligament reconstruction  
A screw for fixation of a tendon/bone graft during an arthroscopic surgical procedure includes a smooth conical forward end having a rounded tip and a spiral thread running from a position behind...
5490854 Surgical cutting block and method of use  
An improved surgical cutting block for guiding bone saws in joint surgery and similar instruments. The cutting block is provided with one or more cutting guides having cutting guide surfaces...
5490855 Device to stabilze a cutting means for the fitting of a prosthesis in bone surgery  
A device for the axial stabilization of a cutting means, used to make at least one cut at one end of a bone with a view to the fitting of a prosthesis in bone surgery. It includes an axial...
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