Patent ID: 11877757
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of preparing a femur for receipt of a prosthesis comprising:
removing a first femoral prosthesis previously implanted on a distal end of the femur;
reaming through the distal end of the femur into an intramedullary canal of the femur via an intramedullary reamer such that a shaft thereof extends through the distal end of the femur along a central longitudinal axis;
reaming the distal end of the femur over the shaft of the intramedullary reamer via a cannulated reamer such that the cannulated reamer forms at least a first portion of a bone void at the distal end of the femur;
reaming the distal end of the femur via an offset reamer along an offset reamer axis parallel to and offset from the central longitudinal axis such that the offset reamer forms at least a second portion of the bone void, wherein the offset reamer is in operative communication with a reaming guide supported along the central longitudinal axis within the intramedullary canal of the femur; and
inserting a metaphyseal reconstruction device into the bone void, the metaphyseal reconstruction device being conically tapered and conforming to the femur when implanted in the bone void.