Tibial cutting guide

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4952213
SERIAL NO

07306523

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An apparatus for placing a bone cutting saw cutting guide adjacent a proximal surface of a human tibia bone having an elongated rod inserted into the tibia for clampingly supporting a rotating bar on the central longitudinal axis of the tibia bone. The bar being extended from the rod and connected to a pivot device which in turn is connected to a support arm that holds a saw cutting guide against a proximal portion of the tibia bone. The rotation angle of the rod determining the medial-lateral inclination of the saw cutting guide and the pivot device determining the anterior-posterior inclination of the saw cutting guide. The support arm is adjustable in length to determine the height of the saw cutting guide.

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DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INCONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08903

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowman, Jerald A Warsaw, IN 3 1157
McCleary, Larry G Warsaw, IN 29 1390

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