Distal femoral trial with removable cutting guide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9044249-B2
Application number	US-201414317048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Dec 21, 2004
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

Abstract

Various embodiments 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 a posterior stabilized implant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a distal femur to receive a 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 secured in a fixe…

Assignees

• Smith & Nephew Inc

Inventors

• Dees Jr Roger Ryan

Classifications

• A61F2/4684 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2090/034

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B17/1675 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F2/3859

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/1602

  Human Necessities · mapped topic