Method and apparatus for remote alignment of a cut guide

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8486079
APP PUB NO 20090112213A1
SERIAL NO

12207891

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A method and apparatus for remote alignment of a cut guide. The cut guide may be positioned on a base which is remote from a surgical site and positioned on a docking station. An alignment jig is removably positioned on a bone and is used to provide alignment information to the docking station. The docking station remotely aligns the cut guide relative to the base. Thereafter, the cut guide and base are removed from the docking station and positioned on the bone in place of the alignment jig. A surgical procedure using the cut guide may then be completed.

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  • ZIMMER, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Claypool, Jody L Columbia City, US 38 1838
Heavener, Jackson R Warsaw, US 30 907
Hui, Sudip Kolkata, IN 9 475
Rangaiah, Chetan Milford, US 10 666
Walriven, Dale E Warsaw, US 6 214

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