Alignment guide for a bone cutting block

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PATENT NO 5688279
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08584896

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An alignment guide for positioning a saw guide at a predetermined position on the distal femur is placed on the femur and receives an intramedullary rod inserted in the femur. The guide has an arm for coupling the saw guide block. The guide includes an intercondylar saddle that engages the intercondylar notch of the femur to align the saw guide at a predetermined position proximal to the intercondylar notch.

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  • DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamm, John E Warsaw, IN 5 762
Kelman, David C Winona Lake, IN 64 3200
McNulty, Donald E Warsaw, IN 19 1827
Moreland, John R Pacific Palisades, CA 3 566

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