Patent ID: 8900314

Claim:
A method of implanting a prosthetic knee joint assembly comprising: selecting for implantation a ligament link from a plurality of ligament links; engaging a femoral component to a femur; engaging a tibial tray to a tibia; intraoperatively choosing whether to operably couple the selected ligament link to one of the femur or the tibia; operably coupling the selected ligament link to the one of the femur or the tibia; extending the selected ligament link through an opening of one of the femoral component or the tibial tray, the one of the femoral component or the tibial tray operable to engage to the one of the femur or the tibia; operably coupling the selected ligament link to a coupling component of the other of the femoral component or the tibial tray; and selecting the coupling component from a plurality of coupling components disposed on the tibial tray, and wherein operably coupling the selected ligament link to the coupling component includes operably coupling the selected ligament link to the selected coupling component; wherein selecting the coupling component from the plurality of coupling components includes determining whether the prosthetic knee joint assembly is for a left knee or a right knee and selecting the coupling component corresponding to the determined one of the left knee and the right knee.