Patent ID: 8034057
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of disposing a cup in a socket in an acetabulum in an operating room, for a hip replacement, including the steps of: disposing the cup in a first particular relationship to a first object in the room other than an axis of a patient or a cup positioning instrument, wherein the first object is a selected one of a wall member of the operating room or a pole for supporting medical equipment in the operating room that defines a vertical line in a particular direction in the operating room, thereafter rotating the cup through a first particular angle in a first direction about the cup as a fulcrum in accordance with the first particular relationship, subsequently disposing the cup in a second particular relationship to a second object in the room other than an axis of a patient or a cup positioning instrument, wherein the second object is an edge of an operating table defining a horizontal line in a particular direction in the operating room, said first and second objects remaining stationary during the method to thereby provide a pair of fixed references, and rotating the cup through a second particular angle in a direction transverse to the first direction about the cup as a fulcrum in accordance with the second particular relationship.