Patent ID: 6673077
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for resecting the tibial plateau of a tibia, the apparatus comprising:an alignment rod to be mounted to the tibia; a tibial resection guide slidably mounted on the rod; at least one stylus rotatable in the resection guide for allowing the tibial resection guide to be slidable thereon and for contacting a highest or most intact side of the medial or lateral side of the tibial plateau, the at least one stylus including a scale having markings to determine the highest or most intact side of the tibial plateau and to indicate a proper tibial resection such that when the at least one stylus contacts the highest or most intact side of the tibial plateau, the tibial resection guide is slidable on the rod and stylus to thereby coincide with the marking corresponding to the highest or most intact side; wherein the at least one stylus includes a foot section angled to extend further posterially than the alignment rod.