Orthopaedic instrument for sizing implant sites and for pressurizing bone cement and a method for using the same
US6458136B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/4631
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An orthopaedic instrument and a method for its use in sizing a glenoid implant anchor site and for pressurizing bone cement in the anchor site. The instrument has a shaft with a handle on one end thereof and a pressure plate on the other end thereof. An implant site probe, corresponding in shape to the glenoid implant anchor, extends outwardly from a bone facing surface of the pressure plate. A seal against the bone facing surface surrounds the implant site probe. Forcing the implant site probe into the implant site filled with bone cement forces bone cement into the cancellous bone surrounding the implant site.
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