Patent ID: 11857424
Assignee: DONALD N. SULLIVAN
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of performing a revision total knee arthroplasty using the hinged articulating spacer system set forth in claim 1, the method comprising:
removing a total knee arthroplasty prosthesis from a knee joint of a patient, thereby creating a joint space;
implanting, after said removing the total knee arthroplasty prosthesis, the hinged articulating spacer system, wherein said implanting the hinged articulating spacer system includes
inserting the femur rod into a distal end of a femur of the knee joint,
inserting the tibia rod into a proximal end of a tibia of the knee joint,
inserting the pre-formed femoral spacer component into the joint space, and
inserting the pre-formed tibial spacer component into the joint space.