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Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools

  • US 9,113,921 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2011
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient-specific surgical instrumentation system for use in surgery on a hip joint of a patient, comprising:

  • a block having a patient-specific surface and a guide;

    wherein the patient-specific surface has at least a portion that is substantially a negative of a corresponding portion of a surface of a proximal femur of the patient; and

    wherein the guide is configured relative to the patient-specific surface to define a guide path oriented at a predetermined angle relative to a femoral neck or shaft axis of the femur when the patient-specific surface is placed against and aligned with the corresponding portion of the surface of the femur.

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