Patent ID: 11911050
Assignee: KNIMBLE DESIGNS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. The system for total knee replacement of claim 15:
wherein the proximal tibial alignment guide defines the first set of tibial pin guides longitudinally offset from the medial indicator and the lateral indicator by a first distance;
wherein the proximal tibial cut guide:
locates on the tibia via the first set of pins; and
defines the proximal tibial cut plane longitudinally offset from the first set of pins by a second distance;

wherein a first sum of the second distal distance and an effective height of an artificial tibial component in extension approximates the first distance;
wherein the distal femoral alignment guide:
locates on the proximal tibial alignment guide by the tibial reference surface; and
defines the second set of femoral pin guides longitudinally offset from the medial indicator and the lateral indicator by a third distance when located by the tibial reference surface;

wherein the distal femoral cut guide:
locates on the femur via the second set of pins; and
defines the distal femoral cut plane longitudinally offset from the second set of pins by a fourth distance; and

wherein a second sum of the fourth distal distance and an effective height of an artificial femoral component in extension approximates the third distance.