Method of installing a knee cone augment in an orthopaedic surgical procedure
AssigneeDepuy Ireland Unlimited Company
InventorsAnthony J. Webb, Lindsay L. Gilson, Jeremiah M. Lewis, Matthew D. Schmit, Wesley J. Gardner, Stephanie Recker, Elizabeth Wiederhold
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Abstract
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A number of methods for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
Claims12
A method of surgically preparing a distal end of a femur of a patient, the method comprising:
- reaming an intramedullary canal of the femur with a canal reamer, attaching a proximal end of a stem trial component to a distal end of a surgical broach,
- advancing a distal end of the stem trial component within the reamed intramedullary canal of the femur,
- broaching the distal end of the femur using the surgical broach secured to the stem trial component during advancement of the distal end of the stem trial component within the reamed intramedullary canal of the femur so as to form a surgically-prepared broached cavity in the distal end of the femur, and
- installing a femoral cone augment in the broached cavity formed in the distal end of the femur.
A method of surgically preparing a knee of a patient, the method comprising:
- reaming an intramedullary canal of a femur of the patient with a femoral canal reamer,
- broaching a distal end of the femur using a surgical broach secured to a stem trial component positioned in the reamed intramedullary canal of the femur so as to form a surgically-prepared broached cavity in the distal end of the femur, and
- installing a femoral cone augment in the broached cavity formed in the distal end of the femur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.