Patent ID: 9421018
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,B22F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of preparing an orthopaedic knee cutting block, the method comprising the steps of: a. creating a mold with a first core detail and a second core detail, each of the core details corresponding to a volume; b. filling the mold with a mixture of a binder and a metal; c. releasing a green part from the mold, the green part having a first void corresponding to the first core detail and a second void corresponding to the second core detail; d. removing the binder from the green part; e. heating the green part to create a sintered part, the sintered part including a region between the first void and the second void, the region including a first section of material and a second section of material; and f. plunging a slitting saw into the sintered part to remove the first section of material from the region between the first void and the second void, thereby forming a cutting slot which overlaps with the first void and the second void; wherein the orthopaedic knee cutting block includes the second section of material in the region between the first void and the second void.