Patent ID: 8721568

Claim:
A method for performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a knee joint of a patient, the method comprising: resecting a proximal end of a patient's tibia to create a resected surface of the patient's tibia; positioning a tibial paddle of a sensor module on the resected surface of the patient's tibia, the tibial paddle including a sensor array and having an upper tibial paddle housing with a substantially flat surface, distracting the patient's knee joint while the knee joint is in extension, wherein distracting the patient's knee joint comprises positioning a joint distractor in the patient's knee joint such that a medial tibial paddle of the joint distractor and a lateral tibial paddle of the joint distractor each contacts the upper tibial paddle housing of the sensor module; monitoring a display of the sensor module, the display providing a visual indication of the medial-lateral joint force balance of the patient's knee joint; and performing a balancing procedure to adjust the medial-lateral balance as indicated by the display of the sensor module.