Patent ID: 8876831

Claim:
An assembly for guiding resection of at least one of a femur and a tibia of a knee joint having tissue structures connecting the femur and the tibia in preparation for installation of at least one of a femoral knee component and a tibial knee component, said assembly comprising: a femoral member comprising an femoral intramedullary rod configured to extend into a medullary canal of the femur; a tibial member comprising a tibial intramedullary rod configured to extend into a medullary canal of the tibia; and a tensioning assembly extending between the femoral member and the tibial member, wherein a portion of the tensioning assembly extends into an aperture in at least one of the femoral intramedullary rod and the tibial intramedullary rod, wherein the tensioning assembly comprises a threaded shaft configured to adjust relative positioning of the femoral member and the tibial member with respect to each other to a desired amount of tension in the tissue structures of the knee joint in response to application of torque to the threaded shaft.