Instrumentation for Minimally Invasive Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
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Abstract
Instrumentation for surgically resurfacing a femoral condyle to receive a prosthetic femoral component in minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement surgery. The instrumentation includes a resurfacing guide for attachment to a femur and a rail member externally delineating an area of a femoral condyle of the femur that is to be surgically resurfaced to receive a prosthetic femoral component. The resurfacing guide has an abutment wall. The instrumentation includes a resurfacing instrument having a tissue removing surface for removing anatomical tissue from the delineated area of the femoral condyle, the tissue removing surface being movable along the delineated area to remove anatomical tissue therefrom. The resurfacing instrument has a engagement wall for contacting the abutment wall to limit the depth to which anatomical tissue is removed.
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49 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. Instrumentation for surgically resurfacing a femoral condyle to receive a prosthetic femoral component in minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement surgery, said instrumentation comprising
a resurfacing guide for attachment to a femur and comprising a rail member externally delineating an area of a femoral condyle of the femur that is to be surgically resurfaced to receive a prosthetic femoral component, said resurfacing guide having an abutment wall, and a resurfacing instrument having a tissue removing surface for removing anatomical tissue from the delineated area of the femoral condyle, said tissue removing surface being movable along the delineated area to remove anatomical tissue therefrom, said resurfacing instrument having an engagement wall for contacting said abutment wall to limit the depth to which anatomical tissue is removed.
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49-67. -67. (canceled)
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