US 12,290,272 B2
Tibial cut guide
Nolan C. Jones, Warsaw, IN (US); Lindsey R. Rolston, New Castle, IN (US); Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, New Paris, IN (US); Brian D. Earl, South Bend, IN (US); Anthony Romano, Columbia City, IN (US); and Andrew Freiberg, Weston, MA (US)
Assigned to Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,492.
Application 17/853,492 is a continuation of application No. 16/687,171, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,406,400.
Application 16/687,171 is a continuation of application No. 15/184,016, filed on Jun. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,517,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/182,073, filed on Jun. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330956 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1764 (2013.01) [A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for guiding a tibial bone cut during knee replacement surgery, the apparatus comprising:
a mounting portion configured to couple with an alignment mechanism; and
a cutting portion connected to the mounting portion and defining a first capture for a proximal cut, the cutting portion having a second capture for a sagittal cut;
wherein at least a portion of the second capture is defined by a plurality of projections extending proximally from a proximal surface of the cutting portion, wherein the plurality of projections taper toward the proximal surface from anterior to posterior.