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`INVALIDITY CLAIM CHART – RADERMACHER ’157 IN VIEW OF
`RADERMACHER ARTICLE AND NEXGEN EPI TECHNIQUE GUIDE
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`Claim 40: A method of replacing at
`least a portion of a joint in a patient,
`the method comprising the steps of
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`(a) obtaining an alignment guide
`positionable on a bone using
`references derived independently of
`an intramedullary device, wherein the
`alignment guide is custom fabricated
`for the patient based on patient
`imaging information;
`
`(b) positioning the alignment guide in
`relation to the surface of an
`unresected bone of the joint;
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`(c) referencing a cutting guide with
`respect to the alignment guide; and
`
`(d) cutting the unresected bone of the
`joint for the first time, by moving a
`cutting tool along a guide surface of
`the cutting guide.
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`
`
`See, e.g., Radermacher ’157, p. 30; Figs. 13a-13d
`(Ex. 1007); NexGen Epi Technique Guide, pp. 3-7
`(Ex. 1028).
`
`See, e.g., Radermacher ’157, p. 10-12 (Ex. 1007);
`Erdman Decl. ¶¶ 87, 88 (Ex. 1027); Radermacher
`Article, pp. 454-455 (1006).
`
`See, e.g., Radermacher ’157, pp. 11, 30, Figs. 13a,
`13c (Ex. 1007); Radermacher Article, pp. 454-455
`(Ex. 1006); Erdman Decl. ¶ 90 (Ex. 1027).
`
`See, e.g., Radermacher ’157, pp. 11, 30, Figs. 13a,
`13c (Ex. 1007); NexGen Epi Technique Guide, pp. 6-
`7 (Ex. 1028); Erdman Decl. ¶¶ 52, 64, 88, 89 (Ex.
`1027).
`
`See, e.g., Radermacher ’157, p. 30, Figs. 13a, 13c
`(Ex. 1007); NexGen Epi Technique Guide, pp. 3-7
`(Ex. 1028); Erdman Decl. ¶¶ 65, 82, 88, 89, 90 (Ex.
`1027).
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