Patent ID: 9351843
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a knee joint, comprising: resecting a portion of a proximal tibia adjacent the knee joint to form a resected surface of the proximal tibia; positioning a disposable member over the resected surface of the proximal tibia, wherein the disposable member includes a disposable plate with one or more injection ports that extend through the disposable plate from a top side of the disposable plate to a bottom side of the disposable plate; injecting an injectable material through the one or more injection ports of the disposable plate and into bone beneath the resected surface of the proximal tibia; removing the disposable plate from over the resected surface of the proximal tibia; and implanting a tibial prosthesis in the proximal tibia, wherein said implanting includes placing a tibial baseplate of the tibial prosthesis over the resected surface of the proximal tibia implanting a cannulated stem component in the proximal tibia, wherein said positioning the disposable member over the resected surface of the proximal tibia includes attaching the disposable plate to the cannulated stem component so that a first injection port in the disposable plate is linked to a cannula of the cannulated stem component, and wherein said injecting includes injecting the injectable material through the first injection port and out of the cannulated stem component into bone beneath the resected surface of the proximal tibia.