Patent ID: 8858207

Claim:
A mold for forming a femoral component using an antibiotic-impregnated material, the mold comprising: a smooth U-shaped back surface, wherein the U-shaped back surface comprises two spaced-apart inner side walls and a bottom, and wherein a recess for receiving the antibiotic-impregnated material is formed in the bottom and two inner side walls so as to continuously extend from a first of the two sidewalls through the bottom to a second of the two sidewalls, wherein the recess contains two depressed outer arched sections that are spaced apart from each other by an inner section, wherein the outer arched sections are transverse to a longitudinal axis of the mold, whereby the resulting femoral component comprises a one-piece structure having two outer surfaces that are spaced apart from each other by a center section, and wherein the femoral component includes a front surface that is configured to interface with a tibial component and a back surface that is configured to interface with a femur.