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

Claim 11:
12. A method of providing a non-binding allograft into a joint, the method comprising:
surgically accessing the joint within a patient, the joint at least partially defined by two adjacent bones;
determining a width of the joint;
based on the width of the joint, selecting a first spacer from a plurality of spacers having different transverse dimensions;
disposing the first spacer within the joint;
evaluating a fit of the first spacer within the joint;
removing the first spacer; and
disposing a pre-formed allograft rod plug within the joint, the pre-formed allograft rod plug having a first plug transverse dimension that corresponds to a first spacer transverse dimension of the first spacer.