Patent ID: 8808375

Claim:
An arthroscopic surgical procedure for treating a defect in a knee joint having a femoral side with medial and lateral condylar protrusions on respective sides of a patellofemoral groove and a tibial side with a platform against which the condylar protrusions articulate, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a region of eburnated bone associated with a knee joint; measuring the region; providing an implant having a shaft and a head with dimensions corresponding to the measured region, the head having a first side attached to the shaft and an opposing second side having a convex outer surface; reaming a central portion of the region to a specific depth corresponding to the shaft of the implant; over-reaming with a secondary reamer corresponding to the size of the head of the implant; press fitting or cementing the implant into the reamed and over-reamed portion of the defect; and wherein the implant has a single, tapered shaft having a central longitudinal axis.