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Femoral sizing apparatus and method

  • US 7,261,719 B1
  • Filed: 11/04/2003
  • Issued: 08/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sizing apparatus for determining the anterior-posterior size of a distal end of a femur comprising:

  • a block having a face engageable with the distal end of the femur, the block having an upper portion including a U-shaped member with two pads engageable with the distal end of the femur, and a rod extending between the pads in a medial-lateral direction, the block having a base spaced apart from the rod;

    a body having a longitudinal bore, the body slidably mounted on the rod relative to the block in a medial-lateral direction, the rod passing through an aperture of the body, the body having a lower surface slidably contacting an upper surface of the base of the block; and

    a stylus having a shaft coupled to the longitudinal bore of the body and moveable in an anterior-posterior direction along the bore.

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