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Femoral head center locating apparatus and method

US7892240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Zimmer, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jody L. Claypool · Columbia City, US
Sudip Hui · Sherghati, IN
James S. Collins · Elk Grove Village, US
Donald M. Patmore · Warsaw, US
Dale Walriven · Warsaw, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2007
Grant date	Feb 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/1717
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A femoral head center locating mechanism and method for using same. The femoral head center locating mechanism may include a frame and a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams which intersect to identify a reference point relative to a center of a femoral head.

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