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Impaction instruments

  • US 6,126,659 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1998
  • Issued: 10/03/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An instrument for compacting bone chips into a prepared metaphyseal portion of a femur to provide a cavity conformed to receive a femoral implant stem, the instrument comprisingan impaction stem having a size and shape corresponding to the intended implant stem, said impaction stem having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle attached to the proximal end, and a plurality of enlarging portions to be attached to the impaction stem,said enlarging portions ranging in size from a largest size portion to a smallest size portion such that the bone compaction can be initiated with the largest size portion and repeated with successively smaller portions including the smallest portion to provide a cavity conformed to receive the implant stem.

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