Patent ID: 8808303
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for establishing an intramedullary path, comprising: a body sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space and defining a first aperture that extends through the body, the first aperture sized and configured to receive a surgical tool therethrough; a first bone engaging structure extending from the body in a first direction, the first bone engaging structure including a first surface that is complementary to a surface topography of a tibia; and a drill guide sized and configured to be received within the first aperture defined by the body, the drill guide defining a second aperture sized and configured to receive the surgical tool therethrough, wherein when the first surface of the bone engaging structure engages the surface topography of the tibia to which the first surface is complementary, an axis defined by the first aperture is substantially collinear with an axis of the tibia, and wherein the first aperture includes a reduced diameter portion, and an outer surface of the drill guide includes a first portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than a second portion and being sized and configured to be received within the reduced diameter portion of the first aperture.