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US 11,633,297 B2Granted
Total ankle external alignment footplate
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorsSarah Brownhill, Brian K. Berelsman, Sandra Snyder
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Abstract
A footplate assembly for ankle includes a footplate base; a slider arm that is rotatably coupled to the footplate base, the slider arm being configured to be couplable to external ankle instrumentation; a locking fastener configured to lock the slider arm in a chosen orientation relative to the footplate base; and a knob coupled to the footplate base having a scale to display the angle of the slider arm relative to the footplate base.
Claims17
A footplate assembly for ankle surgery, comprising:
- a footplate base;
- a slider arm that is rotatably coupled to the footplate base, the slider arm being configured to be couplable to external ankle instrumentation;
- a locking fastener configured to lock the slider arm in a chosen orientation relative to the footplate base;
- and
- a knob coupled to the footplate base having a scale to display the angle of the slider arm relative to the footplate base.
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A footplate assembly for ankle surgery, comprising:
- a footplate base;
- a slider arm that is rotatably coupled to the footplate base, the slider arm being configured to be couplable to external ankle instrumentation;
- a locking fastener configured to lock the slider arm in a chosen orientation relative to the footplate base;
- and
- a footplate arm configured to slideably receive the slider arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.