US 12,070,201 B2
Surgical apparatus to support installation of a prosthetic component with reduced alignment error
Masei Trabish, Folsom, CA (US); Martin Roche, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Ivan Delevic, Key Biscayne, FL (US); Gordon Goodchild, Coral Springs, FL (US); and Byung Jai Lee, Guri-Si (KR)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Orthosensor Inc., Dania, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,777.
Application 17/847,777 is a continuation of application No. 15/852,051, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,399,818.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,406, filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401091 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61F 2/3872 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/4585 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30522 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30525 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/3886 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4658 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4668 (2013.01); A61F 2002/469 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a distraction mechanism;
a fixed support structure coupled to the housing wherein the support structure includes a frame configured to contact a tibia;
a moving support structure coupled to the distraction mechanism via a coupler, the moving support structure including a medial compartment, a lateral compartment and a central region therebetween, the coupler extending from the central region of the moving support structure to the distraction mechanism being configured to pivot the moving support structure medially or laterally, wherein the distraction mechanism is configured to raise or lower the moving support structure relative to the fixed support structure; and
a M-L tilt mechanism coupled between the moving support structure and the distraction mechanism, wherein the moving support structure is configured to be raised until a first compartment of a knee joint is at a predetermined load value, the M-L tilt mechanism being disposed within a tilt mechanism housing, the M-L tilt mechanism including at least one gear disposed within the tilt mechanism housing, the coupler being coupled to the at least one gear.