Patent ID: 11857205
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of replacing a distal femur, comprising:
forming a bone void at an end of the distal femur;
inserting a void filling prosthesis into the bone void such that a body of the void filling prosthesis is positioned within the bone void and legs of the void filling prosthesis extending from the body are positioned within the bone void, the body having an opening extending through the body in a proximal-distal direction and through a sidewall thereof in an anterior direction, the opening extending through the sidewall along an entire length of the sidewall; and
implanting a joint prosthesis onto the distal femur after inserting the void filling prosthesis into the bone void.