Patient-specific acetabular alignment guides

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9913734
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15267714

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An acetabular device includes a patient-specific acetabular alignment guide including a bone engagement surface. The bone engagement surface has a first portion configured and shaped to be conforming and complementary to an acetabular rim surface and a second portion configured and shaped to be conforming and complementary to a periacetabular area of an acetabulum of a patient. The acetabular alignment guide includes a plurality of guiding formations extending through the second portion for guiding a plurality of alignment pins therethrough. The bone engagement surface and the plurality of guiding formations are prepared from a three-dimensional model of the acetabulum of the specific patient reconstructed pre-operatively from a scan of the patient.

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BIOMET MANUFACTURING LLCWARSAW IN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bollinger, Mark A Fort Wayne, US 29 1838
Meridew, Jason D Warsaw, US 121 13446
Metzger, Robert Wakarusa, US 204 27612
Morrison, Bryan Goshen, US 10 1236
Perry, Lance Dean Warsaw, US 6 336
Slone, W Jason Silver Lake, US 19 1146
Smith, Aaron P Warsaw, US 58 2226
White, John R Winona Lake, US 81 6546
Witt, Tyler D Warsaw, US 40 2880

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