Proximal reamer

US8852188B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David W. Daniels · Winona Lake, US
• Barry A. Schnieders · Plymouth, US
• Gabriel M. Surma · Winona Lake, US
• Jonathan E. Carr · Warsaw, US
• Larry G. McCleary · Warsaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2310/00029
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for providing joint arthroplasty includes resecting an end portion of a long bone, preparing a central longitudinal opening in a medullary canal of the long bone, providing a prosthetic stem component, installing the prosthetic stem component into the opening in a medullary canal, providing a reamer including an opening for receiving the prosthetic stem component, positioning the reamer onto the prosthetic stem component with the opening of the reamer positioned at least partially over the prosthetic stem component, reaming a portion of the long bone with the reamer, removing the reamer, and installing a prosthetic body component onto the prosthetic stem component.