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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Benjamin J. Sordelet, Warsaw, IN (US);
Chad E. Derf, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca L. Chaney, Warsaw, IN (US);
Craig S. Tsukayama, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Carl F. Livorsi, Lakeville, MA (US);
Phillip G. Withee, Fall River, MA (US);
Benjamin J. Sordelet, Warsaw, IN (US);
Chad E. Derf, Warsaw, IN (US);
Rebecca L. Chaney, Warsaw, IN (US);
Craig S. Tsukayama, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Carl F. Livorsi, Lakeville, MA (US);
Phillip G. Withee, Fall River, MA (US);
DePuy (Ireland), , IE;
Abstract
A method of surgically preparing a distal end of a femur for implantation of a femoral prosthetic component includes positioning a base cutting block and an intramedullary adaptor on the distal end of the femur such that a first end of the intramedullary adaptor is received in the medullary canal of the femur and the intramedullary adaptor is secured to the base cutting block, attaching a first modular cutting block to an anterior side of the base cutting block, resecting a first portion of the distal end of the femur using a cutting guide defined in the first modular cutting block, the cutting guide of the first modular cutting block, and resecting a second portion of the distal end of the femur using a base cutting guide defined in the base cutting block.