Patent Issued for System and method for surgically-preparing a patient's femur (USPTO 12011371).

A patent has been issued for a system and method for surgically preparing a patient's femur. The patent describes an orthopedic joint replacement system that includes prosthetic components and surgical instruments for preparing the bones of the knee. The system includes an offset guide that can be secured to an intramedullary orthopedic surgical instrument to determine the offset orientation for a prosthetic femoral component. The method involves securing the offset guide to the instrument, attaching an offset indicator, and rotating the indicator to determine the offset orientation. This patent provides valuable information for orthopedic surgeons performing revision knee surgeries. [Extracted from the article]