Patents Assigned to Howmedica Ostenoics Corporation
  • Patent number: 9901404
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical guide tool for use in total hip replacement surgery. The surgical guide tool may include a customized mating region and a resection guide. The customized mating region and the resection guide are referenced to each other such that, when the customized mating region matingly engages a surface area of a proximal femur, the resection guide will be aligned to guide a resectioning of the proximal femur along a preoperatively planned resection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Howmedica Ostenoics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Michael Koehle, Lorenzo R. Deveza