Patent ID: 7618422
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing surgery on a tibia comprising the steps of: preparing an intramedullary canal of the tibia, inserting an intramedullary rod in the prepared intramedullary canal of the tibia, making a first cut across a first area of the tibia to create a first cut surface utilizing a first cutting guide, subsequent to making the first cut, placing an augment guide on top of the first cut surface and connecting the augment guide to said intramedullary rod, making a second cut across a second area of the tibia to create a second cut surface, the second cut being made by utilizing a cutting surface of the augment cutting guide, wherein the first cut surface resides at a lower height than that of the second cut surface so that said cutting surface of the augment cutting guide and the second cut surface form a single substantially flat surface when the augment cutting guide is placed on top of the first cut surface.