Cardo Medical, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120089147 | Methods And Apparatus For Preparing a Patient's Femur For Patellofemoral Knee Arthroplasty - Methods and apparatus provide for modifying a patient's femur to receive a patellofemoral prosthesis, including: a distal punch, an anterior punch and a trochlear punch which are used in well defined orientations to remove material from the femur to accommodate complex geometries of a patellofemoral prosthesis; and optionally a guide operating to engage a distal end of the femur, the guide including a distal slot, an anterior slot and a transverse slot, which ensure that the punches achieve the desired orientations. | 04-12-2012 |
20120078260 | Methods And Apparatus For Preparing An Intercondylar Area Of A Distal Femur - Methods and apparatus provide for modifying an intercondylar notch of a patient's femur, including cutting bone from the intercondylar notch using a hole saw having a hollow cylinder and a circular cutting edge, where the hollow cylinder of the hole saw defines a central longitudinal axis which is oriented with reference to the patient's femur such that the circular cutting edge of the hole saw removes a portion of material from the intercondylar notch of the patient's femur. | 03-29-2012 |