Method and apparatus for installing a femoral component

Details Method and apparatus for installing a femoral component Method and apparatus for installing a femoral component

A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/15 (2006.01) A61F 2/46 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2144337

A method and apparatus for reconstructing a femoral portion of a knee (14) in a total knee replacement of both the medial and lateral condyles (20 and 22) to locate the intercondylar notch and distal patellar groove of the reconstructed knee in a posi- tion generally coinciding with the natural intercondylar notch and distal patellar groove. The method includes the steps of resect- ing the distal medial and lateral condyles (20 and 22) to form a resected distal surface (110), selecting a femoral component (54) sized to have an intercondylar notch and distal patellar groove at the same general distal position as the original natural inter- condylar notch (21) and distal patellar groove being replaced, and installing the selected femoral component (54) on the resected distal surface (110). The femoral component (54) is also selected to approximate the natural distal position of the resected lateral condyle (20).

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