Patent ID: 7261719
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A sizing apparatus for determining the anterior-posterior size of a distal end of a femur comprising: a block having a face engageable with the distal end of the femur, the block having an upper portion including a U-shaped member with two pads engageable with the distal end of the femur, and a rod extending between the pads in a medial-lateral direction, the block having a base spaced apart from the rod; a body having a longitudinal bore, the body slidably mounted on the rod relative to the block in a medial-lateral direction, the rod passing through an aperture of the body, the body having a lower surface slidably contacting an upper surface of the base of the block; and a stylus having a shaft coupled to the longitudinal bore of the body and moveable in an anterior-posterior direction along the bore.