Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
623200300 | Unicondylar | 11 |
20090099663 | TIBIA PLATFORM IMPLANT - An implant ( | 04-16-2009 |
20090270994 | Medial and lateral femoral implants for single-compartment knee prosthesis - A single-compartment knee prosthesis provides different femoral implants for the medial and lateral compartments. Both femoral implants feature distinct bends and slight twists following the anatomical shape of the corresponding compartment, of about 22° for the medial implant ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090299481 | TIBIA PLATFORM IMPLANT - An implant ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100016976 | Knee Prosthesis - The invention relates to a knee prosthesis with a tibial part ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100076562 | Proportioned Surgically Implantable Knee Prosthesis - A unicompartmental knee prosthesis for implantation into a knee joint includes a body having a substantially elliptical shape in plan and a pair of contoured opposed faces including a first face and a second face, the second face including a concave surface. The prosthesis is free of fixation to a permanent location within the knee joint compartment. A peripheral edge extends between the faces and has a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body including a cusp comprising a reverse curve downward from to the first face at one of the first and second ends. A first dimension D is defined by the first end and the second end, and a second dimension F is defined by the first side and the second side. A coordinate system origin (CSO) is at an intersection of D and F, the body including a material thickness at the CSO, where the dimension F is from about 0.25 to about 1.5 of the dimension D. | 03-25-2010 |
20100191341 | LATERAL CONDYLE POSTERIOR INFLECTION FOR TOTAL KNEE IMPLANT - A prosthetic knee includes a femoral component and a tibial component that cooperate to promote joint stability in deep flexion of the knee. An articulating surface of the femoral component transitions from a convex curvature to a concave curvature at a femoral inflection point. An articulating surface of the tibial component transitions from a concave curvature to a convex curvature at a tibial inflection point. The femoral and tibial inflection points cooperate during flexion of the knee so that the concave curvature of the femoral component mates with the convex curvature of the tibial component. | 07-29-2010 |
20110004316 | Method of Implanting a Unicondylar Knee Prosthesis - A method of implanting a lateral unicondylar knee prosthesis in a lateral articulating portion of a femur having a lateral condyle for engagement with a tibia, the method including the steps of: bending a patients knee such that the knee is not in full extension; making an incision through the skin, muscle, and other soft tissue until the damaged bone surfaces are exposed; resecting an end portion of the lateral tibia; resecting an end portion of the lateral femoral condyle; attaching a tibial prosthetic component to the resected end portion of the tibia; attaching a lateral femoral condyle prosthetic component to the resected end portion of the lateral femoral condyle; determining the thickness of a mobile bearing member with the knee in full extension; and inserting the mobile bearing member between the tibial prosthetic component and the femoral prosthetic component. | 01-06-2011 |
20120232669 | Patient-adapted and improved articular implants, designs and related guide tools - Methods and devices are disclosed relating improved articular models, implant components, and related guide tools and procedures. In addition, methods and devices are disclosed relating articular models, implant components, and/or related guide tools and procedures that include one or more features derived from patient-data, for example, images of the patient's joint. The data can be used to create a model for analyzing a patient's joint and to devise and evaluate a course of corrective action. The data also can be used to create patient-adapted implant components and related tools and procedures. | 09-13-2012 |
20120245699 | JOINT ARTHROPLASTY DEVICES - A mobile bearing implant includes a first component. The first component includes a bone facing surface for engaging one of a substantially uncut articular cartilage surface and a substantially uncut subchondral bone surface. The bone facing surface substantially matches the one of the articular cartilage surface and the subchondral bone surface. The mobile bearing implant further includes an external surface. A bearing component has a first surface for slidingly engaging the external surface of the first component, and a second surface for engaging at least one of a second component, bone, and cartilage. | 09-27-2012 |
20130030538 | Method And Apparatus For Positioning A Multiple Piece Prosthesis - A method and apparatus for positioning an implant system in anatomy is disclosed. The apparatus can include an alignment member operable to contact an implant portion, a bone, or other appropriate portion. The method can include using the apparatus to assist in positioning a single or multi-piece implant member. Also, a method of aligning a first implant position relative to another implant position is disclosed. | 01-31-2013 |
20130317619 | FEMORAL EXTENSION PROSTHETIC COMPONENT AND TIBIAL SHELF PROSTHETIC COMPONENT FOR UNICONDYLAR MENISCAL BEARING KNEE PROSTHESIS AND PROSTHESIS INCLUDING SUCH A COMPONENT - A femoral extension prosthetic component for use in a unicondylar meniscal bearing unicompartmental knee replacement is described. The femoral component comprises a securing element and a bearing surface, the securing element adapted to abut and be connected to a distal end of a femur bone, and the bearing surface adapted to abut a meniscal bearing. The femoral component includes an entrapment portion adapted to extend beyond the meniscal bearing. Tibial components and meniscal bearings are also described, as well as methods of using such components. | 11-28-2013 |