US 12,262,899 B2
Systems and methods for preparing bone voids to receive a prosthesis
Damon J. Servidio, Towaco, NJ (US); Carlos E. Collazo, Old Greenwich, CT (US); and Sujit Sivadas, Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,031.
Application 18/535,031 is a continuation of application No. 17/496,996, filed on Oct. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,877,757.
Application 17/496,996 is a continuation of application No. 16/274,684, filed on Feb. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,172,940, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Application 16/274,684 is a continuation of application No. 15/597,851, filed on May 17, 2017, granted, now 10,265,083, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Application 15/597,851 is a continuation of application No. 14/837,437, filed on Aug. 27, 2015, granted, now 10,213,215, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Application 14/837,437 is a continuation of application No. 13/730,082, filed on Dec. 28, 2012, granted, now 9,149,282, issued on Oct. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/581,736, filed on Dec. 30, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099730 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1662 (2013.01) [A61B 17/164 (2013.01); A61B 17/1668 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/1717 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/175 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30736 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30884 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A broaching system comprising:
a shaft; and
a broach disposable over the shaft such that the shaft passes through a lumen of the broach, the broach having a head with a length extending from a trailing end to a leading end, a first outer surface that defines a conical shape that tapers from the trailing end toward the leading end, a second outer surface circumferentially separate from the first outer surface, the second outer surface including a first subpart and a second subpart separate from the first subpart, the first subpart having a first surface contour and the second subpart having a second surface contour different from the first surface contour.