Patent ID: 9364245
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A clamping instrument comprising: a pair of handles movably coupled together; a patella support portion operatively connected to the pair of handles via a bottom clamping arm and configured to engage a first side of a patella, the patella support portion including a first pair of flanges each configured to engage a first and second tendon associated with the patella; and a reamer guide configured to engage a second side of the patella, the reamer guide including a second pair of flanges each configured to engage said first and second tendons associated with the patella; wherein the clamping instrument is configured to operably engage said first and second tendons associated with the patella between the first and second pairs of flanges by application of a squeezing motion to the pair of handles to bring each handle toward the other.