Patent ID: 7935118

Claim:
A method of removing an implanted prosthesis comprising: incising a patient to expose a prosthesis implanted in a bone of the patient; attaching a guide to the exposed prosthesis, the guide including a coupling portion and a guide portion, the guide portion including a first bone facing surface that defines a first slot, the attachment of the guide to the exposed prosthesis including attaching the coupling portion of the guide to the prosthesis such that the first bone facing surface of the guide portion of the guide faces a first surface portion of the bone adjacent to the prosthesis with the first slot spaced from an outer surface of the prosthesis; moving a cutting tool into the first slot in the guide portion of the guide; moving a cutting portion of the cutting tool through the first bone facing surface from the first slot; contacting the first surface portion of the bone adjacent to the prosthesis with the cutting portion at a location in the first surface portion spaced from the outer surface of the prosthesis; removing a portion of the bone adjacent to the prosthesis by moving the cutting portion through the bone at least partially about the periphery of the prosthesis spaced from the outer surface of the prosthesis; and removing the prosthesis from the bone.