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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCULPTING THE SURFACE OF A JOINT

  • US 20070270973A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2007
  • Published: 11/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for imparting force between adjacent first and second bones to seat an implant in the second bone, the system comprising:

  • an implant; and

    an impaction device including an attachment portion slidably receivable by a bone mount placed in the first bone, the impaction device including a handle having a curved shaft and first and second ends, said first end including a strike plate threadably received thereon and structured to receive an impaction force, said second end structured to receive said implant, wherein upon application of force to said strike plate the implant is press fit in the second bone, said force reacted by said adjacent first and second bones.

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