Patent ID: 7476227

Claim:
A kit for implanting a malleolar implant, the kit comprising: a spacer block sized to be seated between a tibia and an astragalus of an ankle to maintain a distance between a lower surface of the tibia and an upper surface of the astragalus; a guide adapted to locate a bore through a fibular malleolus from its outer surface, wherein the guide is pivotally adjustable with respect to the spacer block; one shim releaseably attached to the spacer block and adapted to be located between the spacer block and one of the lower surface of the tibia or the upper surface of the astragalus; a member connecting the spacer block to the guide, the member orienting the guide in a vicinity of the outer surface of a fibular malleolus when the spacer block is seated between the tibia and the astragalus, so that the bore positions the malleolar implant relative to the astragalus and the tibia, or prosthetic elements mounted in one or more of a lower part of the tibia and an upper part of the astragalus; and a malleolar implant comprising a head and a shank adapted to engage with the bore in a fibular malleolus, wherein the head comprises a convex front surface adapted to articulate against with one or more of the astragalus or prosthetic elements in an upper portion of the astragalus and a rear surface adapted to engage with the fibula malleolus.