Patent ID: 9737317
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of clamping a patella, comprising: selecting, from a plurality of reamer guides, a reamer guide configured to enable reaming a predetermined portion of a patellar surface, wherein said selected reamer guide is configured with a first pair of flanges extending from the reamer guide; attaching the selected reamer guide to a patellar clamp comprising: placing the patellar clamp in an open position; positioning an everted and rotated patella between the selected and attached reamer guide and the patellar support portion of the bottom clamping arm; and squeezing the pair of handles together in a closing motion, causing the selected and attached reamer guide to lower toward the patella and said first pair of flanges and said second pair of flanges to operably engage the quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon.