Patent ID: 11937800
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for joint balancing, comprising the steps of:
inserting a tensor in an initial position into a joint to contact a medial surface of the tensor with a medial side of the joint and a lateral surface of the tensor with a lateral side of the joint;
moving the tensor to a first position to simultaneously change a medial height of the medial side and a lateral height of the lateral side of the joint by a first distance using a first distraction mechanism;
moving the tensor to a second position using a second distraction mechanism to change the medial height to a second distance, the medial surface and the lateral surface lying on a single plane in the second position, and
moving the tensor to a third position using a third distraction mechanism to change the lateral height to a third distance,
wherein the medial and lateral surfaces lies on a single plane in the third position.