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Patella osteotomy guide

Granted 4 Oct 2011 · no office action yet

Assignee: Zimmer Biomet

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Inventors: Steven E. Stump, Jody L. Claypool · Examiner: Bridget L Eland · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/362,874
filed 1 Jun 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D646389
granted 4 Oct 2011

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a patella osteotomy guide shown in an environment illustrating our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front end elevation view of the patella osteotomy guide shown removed from its environment in order to show aspects of the design that are not apparent in the perspective view;

FIG. 3 is a rear end elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines shown that are immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent unclaimed boundaries while the dot-dash broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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D24/140D24/133

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