Knee ligament balancer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8562617
APP PUB NO 20120238911A1
SERIAL NO

13478661

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An orthopaedic surgical device comprises a first sensor component and a second sensor component. Each sensor component includes a paddle set to contact a proximal tibia and a distal femur of a patient. The first sensor component and the second sensor component being movable with respect to one another to extend one paddle set beyond the other paddle set, and each paddle set includes cutouts for the clearance of the patellar tendon to avoid the need to evert the patella during use.

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  • DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chessar, Ryan Edinburgh, GB 2 75
Drummond, James Mid Calder, GB 5 275
Ruhling, Marc E Goshen, US 19 545

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