Patient specific instrumentation for surgical implantation of a femoral component
AssigneeThe United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorAlfred Kuo
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Abstract
An orthopedic surgical assembly are configured to be received on a neck of a femur between a head and a shaft of the femur. The embodiment may include a base portion with a body portion defining a contoured recess, wherein the contoured recess is configured to be received adjacent a portion of the neck of the femur. A first guide plate may include a mounting tab and a cutting slot, the mounting tab being configured to be selectively coupled to the base portion so that the cutting slot is disposed adjacent the neck of the femur in a first position.
Claims16
A method of using an orthopedic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- coupling a base portion to a first guide plate, wherein the base portion includes a body portion defining a contoured recess, wherein the contoured recess is configured to be received adjacent a portion of a neck of a femur, wherein the first guide plate includes a mounting tab and a cutting slot, the mounting tab being configured to be selectively coupled to the base portion so that the cutting slot is disposed adjacent the neck of the femur in a first position;
- positioning the contoured recess against a neck of a femur between a ball and a shaft of the femur so that the cutting slot is positioned between the ball of the femur and an entirety of the contoured recess along an axis extending between the mounting tab and the cutting slot of the first guide plate;
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- cutting the neck of the femur through the cutting slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.