Patent ID: 8021368
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing instrumentation, implants, and information for a total knee arthroplasty procedure comprising: providing a total knee arthroplasty femoral implant and a distal femoral cutting guide, the distal femoral cutting guide having a slot adapted to guide and receive an oscillating sawblade to create a distal cut on a distal end of a distal femur, the distal cut having a curvilinear shaped anterior periphery, the slot having a curvilinear shaped posterior periphery substantially matching the shape of the anterior periphery of the distal cut, wherein the shape of the posterior periphery of the slot is based upon preoperatively acquired digital image data; providing a surgeon with information on a method to perform the total knee arthroplasty procedure using the distal femoral cutting guide, the oscillating sawblade, and the femoral implant, the method including: