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Patellar resection guide

  • US 5,667,512 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1996
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A patella resection guide comprising a body, a pair of parallel cradle surfaces carried by the body and spaced in the superior-inferior direction so as to encounter and support respective posterior surfaces of the quadriceps tendon and the patella ligament of a patella received between the cradle surfaces, the cradle surfaces defining a reference plane, and means for resecting the patella at a desired orientation with respect to said reference plane.

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