Patent ID: 7306609

Claim:
A method of preparing a lower extremity of a femur and implanting a femoral slideway thereon, the method comprising: providing a femoral slideway having at least one peg adapted for insertion into a hole in the femur; locating a point on a lower extremity of a femur, said point being located at a pre-determined distance from a plane tangent to dorsalmost points of lateral and medial condyles of the femur, the pre-determined distance defined by a template having a permanently specified distance between a bore on a support part and a contact surface on a flank of the template, the support part and flank defined as a single piece, the contact surface configured to engage at least one of the dorsalmost points of the lateral and medial condyles of the femur; drilling a hole at said point; and selecting a femoral slideway having a dimension defined by a perpendicular distance between a longitudinal axis of a peg extending from the slideway and a plane tangent to a dorsal sliding surface farthest away from the peg; wherein said pre-determined distance is larger than said dimension.