IP Library Granted Patent US 12,150,657
Granted Patent B2
US 12,150,657 · App. 17/540,414 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Tensor device for revision knee arthroplasty

Inventor: Eric Greber (Thibodaux, LA)
Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
A61B17/1764A61B17/164A61B34/10A61B34/25A61B34/30A61B2034/104
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Patent No.
US 12,150,657
App. No.
17/540,414
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods may use a tensor device in various aspects of a knee revision. For example, the tensor device may include a femoral arm configured to couple with an end portion of a femoral intramedullary canal reamer and a tibial arm moveably connected to the femoral arm, the tibial arm configured to couple with an end portion of a tibial intramedullary canal reamer. The tensor device may include a component or be used to identify a knee gap or a component size for an implant.

Claims (12)

1. A tensor device comprising:

a femoral arm configured to couple with an end portion of a femoral intramedullary canal reamer;

a tibial arm moveably connected to the femoral arm, the tibial arm configured to couple with an end portion of a tibial intramedullary canal reamer; and

a slider component having a first major surface and a second major surface, the slider component including:

a first end including:

an aperture extending from the first major surface to the second major surface, the aperture configured to movably attach the slider component to the femoral arm, the aperture encircling the femoral arm such that the femoral arm can move through the aperture;

a second end coupled to the tibial arm, the slider component configured to move based on movement of the femoral arm with respect to the tibial arm caused by movement of a knee;

a gap indicator to identify, via movement of the slider component relative to one or more of the femoral arm or the tibial arm, a knee gap of the knee; and

an offset indicator surrounding the aperture to identify, via concentric misalignment of the femoral arm and the aperture, an offset of the femoral intramedullary canal reamer relative to a central axis of a femur.

2. The tensor device of claim 1 , wherein the tensor device further comprises a lock lever configured to lock the slider component to the identified knee gap.

3. The tensor device of claim 1 , wherein the slider component further comprises a cut guide.

4. The tensor device of claim 1 , wherein the femoral arm being movably connected to the tibial arm forms a first connection between the femoral arm and the tibial arm and the slider component forms a second connection between the femoral arm and the tibial arm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: GREBER, ERIC
To: ZIMMER, INC.
Reel/Frame 059423/0813 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63120888 · Dec 3, 2020
Related Publication 20220175400A1 · Jun 9, 2022
Cited By (1)
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