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Knee ligament balancer

  • US 8,562,617 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2012
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for balancing a knee, comprising:

  • extending posterior ends of a first paddle set beyond posterior ends of a second paddle set along a general direction of extension, the first paddle set and the second paddle set being connected and slidable along the general direction of extension,inserting the posterior ends of the first paddle set and the second paddle set into a side of the knee without everting a patella of the knee,contacting, with the posterior ends of the first paddle set, portions of a proximal tibia and a distal femur that lie away from the side of the knee into which the posterior ends of the first paddle set were inserted, andcontacting, with the posterior ends of the second paddle set, portions of the proximal tibia and the distal femur that lie toward the side of the knee into which the posterior ends of the second paddle set were inserted.

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