Patent ID: 8512411

Claim:
A method of surgery comprising: providing first and second solid trapezoidal-shaped implants consisting of tri-calcium phosphate, the implants each having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first solid implant is preformed into the typical shape of a bone void in the patella, and wherein the second solid implant is preformed into the typical shape of a bone void in the tibia; trimming the distal end of the first solid implant to be rounded to match a rounded geometry of a distal pole of a patella; after trimming, inserting the first solid implant into the bone void in the patella that is beneath an opening in a tendon, the opening having first and second sides; inserting the second solid implant into the bone void in the tibia that is beneath the opening in the tendon; and joining the first and second sides of the opening in the tendon that are near the distal end of the first implant.