Patent ID: 9566075
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,B29C,B33Y,G05B,G06F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A resection system configured for making a distal resection of a bone of a femur, said bone having localized anatomical surface features prior to resection, comprising: a resection guide locator including a body having a bone engagement portion with a surface comprising localized features that are topographically complementary to said localized anatomical surface features of said bone of said femur, the body including opposing medial and lateral wings, the wings extending outwardly from the body, the body defining a recess, the recess being a socket defined by an annular wall, a resection guide having a body defining a resection slot, at least a portion of the resection guide body sized and configured to be received within the recess defined by the resection guide locator, wherein the resection guide locator and the resection guide are formed from different materials, and wherein the resection slot defined by the resection guide aligns with the elongate slot defined by the resection guide locator when the resection guide is received within the recess defined by the resection guide locator, the resection slot positioned for making said distal resection of said bone of said femur when the resection guide is received within the recess of the resection guide locator.