Method of mapping femoral head for acetabular prosthesis alignment
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsStephen McMahon, Charles Wayne Allen, David C. Kelman
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AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsStephen McMahon, Charles Wayne Allen, David C. Kelman
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A method of orienting a femoral head member of an implant relative to an acetabular member positioned in the acetabulum including implanting a femoral stem of an implant within an intramedullary canal of a femur, inserting an acetabular member in the acetabulum, positioning a femoral head member of the implant at least partially in the acetabular member with the femoral head member including a curved articulating surface and a plurality of indicia on the curved articulating surface, and orienting the femoral head member relative to the acetabular member and generally aligning one of the indicia on the curved articulating surface with an alignment feature of the acetabular member to signify an orientation of the femoral head member relative to the acetabular member.
A method of orienting a prosthetic femoral implant relative to an acetabulum, comprising:
A method of orienting a femoral head member of an implant relative to an acetabular member positioned in the acetabulum, comprising:
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