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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Applicant:
Peter M. Bonutti, Effingham, IL (US);
Inventor:
Peter M. Bonutti, Effingham, IL (US);
Assignee:
Marctec, LLC, Effingham, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for performing knee replacement surgery on a leg of a patient. The method includes making a cut on a posterior portion of a patella, making a cut on a proximal portion of a tibia, and making a cut on the distal portion of the femur. The cut on the patella is performed before making the cuts on the tibia and femur.