Patent ID: 11877757
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of preparing a distal femur for receipt of a prosthesis comprising:
reaming a distal end of a femur via a conical reamer to form a conical bone void at the distal end of the femur, the conical reamer being in operative communication with a reaming guide supported along an initial cavity, the initial cavity formed in an intramedullary canal of the femur by reaming the distal end of the femur with an intramedullary reamer, and the initial cavity being parallel to and offset from a central longitudinal axis of the conical reamer while the conical reamer reams the distal end of the femur; and
inserting a metaphyseal reconstruction device into the bone void, the metaphyseal reconstruction device being received within the conical bone void in a conforming manner.