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US 2011/0213378 A1Published application
Distal femoral trial with removable cutting guide
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorRoger Ryan DEES, JR.
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Abstract
Various embodiment of the present invention provide a distal femoral trial that allows a surgeon to cut the central box geometry of a distal femur using an implant-shaped trial. The trial includes a cutting guide that is removable from the trial and adjustable with respect to the trial. The guide is intended to control the depth and direction of the cutting instruments used to prepare the femur for the a posterior stabilized implant.
Claims2
1-14. (canceled)
A method for preparing a distal femur to receive a posterior stabilized prosthesis, comprising:
- (a) resecting and preparing a patient's distal femur with anterior and posterior cuts;
- (b) positioning a femoral trial component on the distal femur, the trial component comprising (i) condylar regions separated by an opening, the opening defining a central portion with an anterior-most portion and opening side edges and (ii) a removable cutting guide adapted to be received by the opening and secured in the opening in adjustable relation to the anterior-most portion of the opening;
- and (c) preparing the patient's distal femur to receive a posterior stabilized prosthesis using the removable cutting guide to guide cutting instruments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.