Method and apparatus for positioning an implant
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Mar 20, 2012
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May 22, 2008
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Jan 31, 2008
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Aug 29, 2003
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A method for using a jig to position an implant at an implantation site of a bone. The method includes the following: tapping the implantation site using a tapping device; axially threading the jig into the implantation site using an insertion tool; adjusting the position of the jig at the implantation site as necessary by axially rotating the jig relative to the bone; axially and substantially non-rotationally inserting the implant through the jig whereby the implant contacts a substantially smooth interior surface of the jig to support the implant at the implantation site such that the implant does not substantially contact an interior surface of the bone canal at the implantation site; and securing the implant at the implantation site using bone cement.
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