Patent ID: 8034058

Claim:
An assembly for use in fixing a tibial component of a joint prosthesis to a prepared tibia, comprising: a tibial component having a bone facing surface, an exposed surface, and an edge having a posterior portion and an anterior portion; and a skirt having an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, at least one opening extending therethrough, and an inferior surface that can be temporarily fixed to the edge of the tibial component extending along the edge thereof from the posterior portion of the edge to the anterior portion of the edge; the skirt, when assembled with the tibial component, permits cement, located in the space defined at least in part by the interior surface of the skirt, the tibial component and the surface of the bone on which the tibial component is to be implanted, to be displaced through the opening to a location adjacent the exterior surface of the skirt, the at least one opening located so that cement is displaced at the anterior portion of the edge.