Patent ID: 11944550
Assignee: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method of providing anon-binding allograft into a joint, the method comprising:
surgically accessing a canal within a foot at a position proximate to a talus bone and a calcaneus bone, the canal having a width between the talus bone and the calcaneus bone;
inserting a guide wire into the canal;
inserting a first spacer over the guide wire and into the canal, the first spacer having a first spacer transverse dimension;
evaluating a fit of the first spacer;
removing the first spacer;
selecting a pre-formed allograft rod plug having a first plug transverse dimension approximately equal to the first spacer transverse dimension;
inserting the pre-formed allograft rod plug into the canal in a position adjacent to the talus bone and the calcaneus bone
evaluating a fit of the pre-formed allograft rod plug; and
surgically closing access to the canal.