Abstract:
A customised patient specific spacer insertable between a resected tibia and a distal femur prior to resection of a distal femur, the spacer enabling checking patient soft tissue balance prior to resection of the distal and/or posterior femur to ensure required soft tissue balance after resection of the femur. The spacer comprises a body having an underside surface and an opposite upper surface and at least one region of a first thickness measured, from the underside surface to the upper surface. The upper surface opposes a part of a distal femur when in situ, the spacer when placed between a tibial plate and a distal femur prior to resection al lowing determination of required soft tissue balance prior to resection of the femur.
Abstract:
A patient matched cutting guide which is arranged to guide a user to resect bone at predetermined positions during a surgical procedure., the guide including formations which engage bone parts to locate the guide such that other parts of the guide align with planned resection planes; characterised in that the cutting guide includes specifically placed, spatially orientated indicators which enable verification of resection locations intra-operatively based on measurements between at least one known reference on the cutting guide and the underlying bone to thereby allow verification of the planned resection planes.