Patent ID: 8114083
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for implanting an orthopedic prosthesis during knee arthroplasty surgery comprising: providing a cutting tool having a cutting profile defined along a longitudinal axis and presenting an effective width of the cutting profile transverse to the longitudinal axis and an effective length of the cutting profile along the longitudinal axis; creating a first opening in soft tissue proximate a bone on which a resected surface is to be created during the knee arthroplasty surgery, the first opening having a maximum dimension generally equal to or greater than the effective width of the cutting profile and less than the effective length of the cutting profile; inserting at least a portion of the cutting tool into the first opening such that the cutting profile is positioned to create the resected surface; creating at least a portion of the resected surface by relative movement of the cutting tool and the bone; creating a second opening in soft tissue proximate the bone; and inserting the orthopedic prosthesis to be attached to the resected surface through the second opening in soft tissue.