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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Cork, IE;
Kyle B. Thomas, Denver, CO (US);
Todd A. Kilpela, Richfield, MN (US);
Steven P. Gowers, Cambridge, GB;
Ryan C. Keefer, Warsaw, IN (US);
William R. Macumber, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Jonathan C. Lee, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Lisa M. Robertson, Warsaw, IN (US);
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, IE;
Abstract
A method of surgically preparing a proximal end of a tibia includes inserting an intramedullary orthopedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal of the tibia, securing an attachment device to the intramedullary orthopedic surgical instrument, attaching a cutting block to the attachment device, resecting the proximal end of the tibia using the cutting block to form a surgically-prepared surface, positioning a tibial base trial on the surgically-prepared surface, and inserting a keel punch through a slot defined in the tibial base trial and into the surgically-prepared surface of the tibia.