Patent ID: 8313491
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A chamfer resection guide assembly for a distal total knee implant comprising: an anchor member for anchoring into a resected distal surface of a femur; a block member including one or more cutting guide slots and a femoral contacting surface for placement against the resected distal surface of the femur, wherein the femoral contacting surface is provided with a recessed region in which the anchor member is slidably engaged therein; and a camming member operably connecting the block member and the anchor member and configured for linearly displacing the anchor member and the block member with respect to each other by a camming action; wherein the block member is provided with a blind hole provided in the recessed region and the anchor member is provided with a blind slot, wherein the camming member is captured between the block member and the anchor member by engaging the blind hole and the blind slot, whereby turning the camming member about its longitudinal axis produces the camming action; wherein the camming member comprises: