Proximal Tibial Cut - Zimmer Biomet iASSIST Knee Manual

iASSIST 2-Pod Version Surgical Technique
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Proximal Tibial Cut

Instrument Assembly
Warning: The femoral distal cut guide must not
have moved to perform an accurate distal cut
validation.
In reference to lot #110623 and #120264 of
the validation tool and the Zimmer NexGen
Posterior Referencing Instruments: Do not
place the NexGen Posterior Referencing 4-in-1
Flex Femoral Cut Guide into the holes created
by the validation tool. The posterior referencing
sizer, which creates the peg holes for the 4-in1
cut guide, and the validation tool have equal
distances between their pegs.
The tibial adjustment mechanisms are side specific.
Depending on the patient side:
1. Pull out the handle of the tibial positioner.
Figure 3.7
Proximal Tibia Cut – Instrument Assembly
2. Connect the tibial positioner to the tibial
adjustment mechanism.
3. Push on the handle of the tibial positioner to lock
the mechanism in place.
4. For a left knee procedure, clip the reference pod
to the back receptacle of the left tibial adjustment
mechanism.
For a right knee procedure, clip the reference
pod to the back receptable of the right tibial
adjustment mechanism.
5. Clip the cut guide pod to the tibial alignment
guide.
Note: The left/right tibial positioners are
side specific and must be used with the
corresponding left/right tibial adjustment
mechanism.