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US 11,986,381 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.
Claims7
A method of using a surgical instrument system, comprising:
- positioning (i) a plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, each of which having 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, in a first instrument sterilization tray and (ii) a plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, each of which having 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, in a second instrument sterilization tray such that (a) the first instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of left-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components, and (b) the second instrument sterilization tray is devoid of any of the plurality of right-limb side-specific orthopaedic trial components,
- sterilizing the first instrument tray and the second instrument tray, and
- utilizing at least one of the first instrument tray and the second instrument tray during performance of an orthopaedic surgical procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.