Patent ID: 8795284

Claim:
A kit for placing an allograft meniscus implant on the surface of a human tibia comprising a meniscal implant of allograft material including a bone base and instrumentation comprising; (a) a drill apparatus, (b) an osteotome, and (c) a cutting workstation, said cutting workstation comprising an integral U shaped housing having a base with a planar bottom surface and integral end sections extending away from said base, each of said end sections being formed with a planar end wall and planar side walls, a groove formed on a side wall of each end section and fastening means mounted to a cutting guide bar slideably seated in each side wall groove holding said cutting guide bar to said side walls allowing said cutting guide bar to assume a selected orientation from a plurality of angular orientations with respect to said housing base planar surface said cutting guide bar being moveably mounted on said housing and adapted to fixedly mounted on said housing to assume an angular position, said cutting guide bar defining a throughgoing cutting slit, an implant clamping assembly, said implant clamping assembly comprising a clamping support bar mounted to said housing, and a clamping mechanism mounted to said clamping support bar, said clamping mechanism including a thumb screw threadably mounted to said clamping support bar, said clamping mechanism being adapted to be extended into said housing to engage and hold a transplant in place.