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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1724/KOL/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :10/10/2008 (43) Publication Date : 05/06/2009
(54) Title of the invention : MODULAR STEM INSERTER
(51) International classification
:A61B17/58;
A61B17/58
(31) Priority Document No :11/869,762
(32) Priority Date :10/10/2007
(71)Name of Applicant :
1)DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC.
Address of Applicant :700 ORTHOPAEDIC DRIVE
WARSAW, INDIANA U.S.A.
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)MEGAN A. MANESS
2)REBECCA M. FURBEE
3)STEPHEN A. ALFORD
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
(86) International Application No
:NA
Filing Date
:NA
(87) International Publication No : NA
(61) Patent of Addition to Application Number :NA
Filing Date
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(62) Divisional to Application Number
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Filing Date
(57) Abstract :
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A kit for use in implanting a stem into a long bone. The kit includes a universal handle including a locking mechanism, and a plurality
of shafts. Each of the plurality of shafts is adapted to couple with the universal handle such that the locking mechanism of the
universal handle locks each of the plurality of shafts to the handle.
No. of Pages : 19 No. of Claims : 10
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