User Guide
28 | iASSIST 2-Pod Version Surgical Technique
Figure 3.5.3
Proximal Tibial Cut
3.5.3 Proximal Tibial Cut Guidance
1. Unclip the “Cut Guide” Pod from the Tibial
Alignment Guide and clip it to the front receptable
of the Tibial Adjustment Mechanism.
2. Follow feedback (red and green LEDs) on the “Cut
Guide” Pod attached to the Tibial Adjustment
Mechanism and adjust tibia slope and varus/
valgus using the gold and green screws
respectively.
3. Insert a stylus in the Tibial Cut Guide.
Warning: The leg should be elevated to
obtain more than 45° exion (in relation to the
operating table plane) in order for the system
to be able to compute angle values.
Note: The Zimmer Biomet NexGen Posterior
Referencing Instruments 2/10 mm or 4/6 mm
Tibial Depth Resection Stylus or the NexGen
Tibial Depth Resection Stylus can be used to
set the resection.
4. Insert the Tibial Cut Guide elevator rod into the
Tibial Adjustment Mechanism.
Note: The Tibial Right/Left Cut Guides
are side specic and must be used per the
corresponding Tibial Right/Left Adjustment
Mechanism.