Patent ID: 6979336
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for securing a prosthesis within a bone having a medullary canal defined by a canal side wall, comprising the steps of: creating a cavity in the bone that extends at least partially into the medullary canal, the cavity being configured to receive the prosthesis therein; providing a temporary implant having a body that includes (i) a proximal end having an input port defined therein, (ii) an implant sidewall extending distally from said proximal end, the implant sidewall having a plurality of spaced apart output ports defined therein, each output port being in fluid communication with the input port, and (iii) a distal end possessing no output ports; positioning the temporary implant in the cavity so that the implant sidewall having the plurality of output ports defined therein faces the canal sidewall; advancing a fluent material into the input port of the temporary implant and out of the plurality of output ports of the temporary implant while the temporary implant is positioned within the cavity whereby fluent material advancing out of the plurality of output ports contacts the canal sidewall removing the temporary implant from the cavity after the fluent material advancing step; and implanting the prosthesis within the cavity after the removing step.