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US 11,672,638 B2Granted
Side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument systems and associated methods of use
AssigneeDepuy Ireland Unlimited Company
InventorsDennis A. Stoller, Stephanie M. Wainscott, Jonathan C. Lee, Rebecca L. Chaney
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Abstract
A surgical instrument system includes a pair of side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument assemblies. The right-limb side-specific instrument assembly is kitted so as to be devoid of left-limb side-specific instruments and vice versa.
Claims18
A surgical instrument system, comprising:
- a plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments including (i) a plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, wherein each of the plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components has a size that is different from the size of at least some of the other of the plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, and (ii) a plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, wherein each of the plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components has a size that is different from the size of at least some of the other of the plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components,
- a first instrument sterilization tray having a plurality of instrument retainers configured to retain the orthopaedic surgical instruments during sterilization and transport thereof, wherein the first instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components when each of the plurality of instrument retainers has one of the plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments retained thereto, and
- a second instrument sterilization tray having a plurality of instrument retainers configured to retain the orthopaedic surgical instruments during sterilization and transport thereof, wherein the second instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components when each of the plurality of instrument retainers has one of the plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments retained thereto.
A surgical instrument system, comprising:
- a plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments including (i) a plurality of right-limb side-specific femoral trial components, wherein each of the plurality of right-limb side-specific femoral trial components has a size that is different from the size of at least some of the other of the plurality of right-limb side-specific femoral trial components, and (ii) a plurality of left-limb side-specific femoral trial components, wherein each of the plurality of left-limb side-specific femoral trial components has a size that is different from the size of at least some of the other of the plurality of left-limb side-specific femoral trial components,
- a first instrument sterilization tray having a plurality of instrument retainers configured to retain the orthopaedic surgical instruments during sterilization and transport thereof, wherein the first instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of left-limb side-specific femoral trial components when each of the plurality of instrument retainers has one of the plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments retained thereto, and
- a second instrument sterilization tray having a plurality of instrument retainers configured to retain the orthopaedic surgical instruments during sterilization and transport thereof, wherein the second instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of right-limb side-specific femoral trial components when each of the plurality of instrument retainers has one of the plurality of orthopaedic surgical instruments retained thereto.
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