Patent ID: 7124762
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of surgery, comprising the steps of: forming a bone groove having a trapezoidal cross-section in a tibial plateau using an osteotome which is aligned and advanced into the tibial plateau, a first drill guide which is received over the osteotome and guides a first drill bit for drilling through a first portion of the tibial plateau, and a second drill guide which is received over the osteotome and guides a second drill bit for drilling through a second portion of the tibial plateau; and installing a single piece mensical allograft formed of a correspondingly shaped trapezoidal bone block and a meniscus into the bone groove, wherein the trapezoidal bone block of the meniscal allograft is formed by making three cuts of the bone block using a workstation and three cutting jigs, such that the bone block of the meniscal allograft has two edges that define a ninety degree angle, and two edges that define an acute angle.