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8157868 Implants for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee  
A replacement knee implant has a femoral implant and a tibial implant, each of which are inset in a bone surface. The tibial implant is generally elongated with one end rounded and an opposite end...
8147557 Mobile bearing insert having offset dwell point  
A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray and a tibial insert configured to move relative to the tibial tray. The tibial insert includes a platform having an upper bearing surface defining a...
8147558 Mobile bearing assembly having multiple articulation interfaces  
A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray, a tibial insert, and a platform separate from the tibial tray and the tibial insert. The platform is configured to be coupled to the tibial insert...
8142510 Mobile bearing assembly having a non-planar interface  
A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray and a tibial insert. The tibial tray includes a track that is defined in an upper surface, and the track has a bottom wall that is flat in the...
8128697 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...
8100981 Tibial prosthesis  
The present invention relates to a tibial prosthesis useful in knee replacement surgeries. The prosthesis includes one or more cement introduction ports which may be used to deliver and control...
8083803 Arthroscopic unicompartmental knee technique and instrumentation  
A method and apparatus for arthroscopic unicompartmental knee surgery which include a femoral component and a tibial component. The femoral component is installed in a trough in the femoral condyle...
8080059 Surgically implantable prosthesis with active component  
A prosthesis for surgical implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau includes a body including a bottom face, an opposed top face, and...
8038678 Arthroscopic unicompartmental knee and method of formation  
A two sided cylindrical chondral resurfacing implant that covers areas of the highest contact between the tibia and femur. A dual-sided rotary drill cutter is employed to create a tibial socket...
7998205 Artificial meniscus part and knee-joint prosthesis  
The invention relates to an artificial meniscus part for a knee-joint prosthesis that has on an upper side at least one femoral joint surface for the movable mounting of an artificial, natural or...
7896923 Arthroscopic unicompartmental knee implantation system and related method  
A knee implantation system for replacing a portion of a knee joint includes an unicondyler tibial implant configured to replace a portion of a tibia that includes a first member and a second...
7896924 Unicondylar femoral prosthetic implant component  
A unicondylar femoral prosthetic implant component for implant at a prepared implant site within a natural knee joint provides a femoral articular surface having a convex surface contour...
7862619 Knee joint prosthesis  
The present invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis including femoral and tibial components. The bodies of the components possess a network of channels which may be used to deliver bone cement...
7819919 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis  
A prosthesis is provided for implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau without requiring bone resection. The prosthesis includes a...
7641689 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis  
A prosthesis is provided for implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau. The prosthesis is configured to be translatable with respect...
7615054 Bicompartmental knee implant and method  
An improved method of performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee, includes making an incision in a knee portion of one leg while a lower portion of the one leg is extending...
7582118 Femoral trochlea prostheses  
Various embodiments of femoral trochlea prostheses useable in a knee joint. The knee joint includes a patella and a distal femur with a femoral trochlea, or patello-femoral groove. In one...
7578850 Unicondylar knee implant  
A unicondylar knee implant system according to one embodiment includes a unicondylar femoral knee component having a single sagittal radius, a tibial bearing component, and a tibial tray component...
7572293 Tibial insert and associated surgical method  
A tibial insert includes a platform defining an upper bearing surface and a bottom surface. A keel of the tibial insert is coupled to the bottom surface of the platform. A surgical method for knee...
7553331 Internal brace for distraction arthroplasty  
A method for treating a patient suffering from osteoarthritis and an internal brace for distraction arthroplasty including femoral and tibial components which can be fixed to a patient's femur and...
7544210 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...
7544209 Patello-femoral prosthesis  
A patello-femoral prosthesis is provided for replacing the engagement surfaces between the patella and the femur. The prosthesis is configured to cover the trochlear groove and extend into the...
7468077 Patellar retractor and method of surgical procedure on knee  
The distal end part of the retractor according to the invention is provided both with terminal tips for abutment on one of the femoral condylar walls which define therebetween the intercondylar...
7465320 Knee joint prosthesis  
A knee joint prosthesis including a femoral component for attachment to a femur. The femoral component includes an anterior portion, first and second condylar portions extending from the anterior...
7462198 Mobile bearing unicondylar tibial knee prosthesis  
A mobile bearing unicondylar tibial knee prosthesis includes a tibial base plate and a tibial articular surface component. The inferior surface of the articular surface component engages the...
7341602 Proportioned surgically implantable knee prosthesis  
A knee prosthesis for unicompartmental implantation into a knee joint is implantable without requiring bone resection and includes a body free of any means of fixation to a portion of knee joint,...
7172597 Provisional orthopedic implant and recutting instrument guide  
A provisional component for use with differently sized first and second prosthetic orthopedic components. The provisional component has a configuration which is substantially similar to the first...
7115131 Apparatus and method for sculpting the surface of a joint  
The present invention provides a method and device for restoring individual patient joint kinematics using minimally invasive surgical procedures. The instrumentation of the invention sculpts the...
6946001 Mobile bearing unicompartmental knee  
An orthopedic knee component for implanting within a single compartment of a human knee includes, in a first embodiment a tibial tray having a superior surface having a plurality of tabs disposed...
6916341 Device and method for bicompartmental arthroplasty  
Disclosed is a device and method of bicompartmental arthroplasty of the knee. The device permits arthroplasty of the medial or lateral and patellofemoral compartments of the knee while leaving the...
6866684 Surgically implantable knee prosthesis having different tibial and femoral surface profiles  
An implantable knee prosthesis includes a body having a substantially elliptical shape in plan and a pair of opposed faces. A first one of the faces has a first shape and a second one of the faces...
6554866 Mono-condylar knee joint prosthesis  
A mono-condylar knee joint prosthesis that includes a femur part having a convex running surface. The knee joint prosthesis further includes a tibia part having a sliding surface which faces the...
6503280 Prosthetic knee and method of inserting  
The present invention relates to a prosthetic knee. In one embodiment of the present invention, the knee has a femoral body and meniscal body. The femoral body has a femoral alignment member, and...
6494914 Unicondylar femoral prosthesis and instruments  
A set of femoral orthopedic devices includes a first component having a first size and a second component having a second size. The first component includes a peg positioned a predetermined...
6206928 Orthopaedic tray trial  
An orthopaedic tray trial includes a base plate and at least one movable fastening member attached to the base plate. The fastening member includes a striking element and a bone penetrating pin...
6074424 Implantable knee joint prosthesis convertible from primary to revision  
An implantable orthopedic knee joint prosthesis includes a femoral component having an internal box geometry defined by a bone-engaging surface configured as a primary prosthesis. The femoral...
6074425 Fixed bearing joint endoprosthesis  
Joint endoprostheses, disclosed in the context of a total knee prosthesis, incorporate a first element for rigid connection to a first bone, the first element having an articulating surface; a...
6068658 Prosthesis for knee replacement  
The prosthesis comprises a femoral component (2) having at least one substantially spheroidal condylar bearing surface (10,11), a tibial component (6) including a tibial platform (20), and a...
5480446 Prosthetic knee joint devices  
In or for a prosthetic knee joint device involving a femoral component having a convexly curved articulation surface, a tibial component (10) having a relatively flattened articulation surface...
5336266 Knee joint prosthesis  
A knee joint prosthesis includes tibial and femoral components and a bearing insert designed for unicompartmental prosthetic total knee replacement and can be implanted using arthroscopic surgical...
5314482 Femoral component, tool and method  
A prosthetic femoral component (40) for the knee joint has a body (41,42) defined between elongate articulation and securement surfaces (43; 44,45), the articulation surface (43) being convexly...
5080675 Tibial component for a replacement knee prosthesis  
A tibial component for a replacement knee prosthesis comprising a tibial tray for connection to a suitably prepared tibia has a tray carrying fixed lateral and medial condylar bearing components....
5074880 Anchoring device for knee prosthesis  
Anchoring device for a knee prosthesis of the unicompartmental or bicompartmental type, the said prosthesis comprising a tibial plateau provided on its tibial bearing face with anchoring grooves of...
5062852 Tibial prosthesis with independent medial and lateral baseplates  
A tibial prosthesis with independent medial and lateral baseplates. The baseplates can be coupled together for simultaneous implantation using an implantation apparatus. A high-molecular weight...
4963153 Metal tibial anchoring part for a partial knee joint prosthesis  
The tibial anchoring part is formed of a flat semi-circular bearing element which defines a tibia plateau for receiving a plastic bearing element as well as a blade-like fixing element. This fixing...
4919671 Metal anchoring part for a knee joint endoprosthesis  
The metal anchoring part, in one embodiment, has a flat bearing surface to receive a synthetic tibial endoprosthesis part as well as a parallel tibial plateau from which anchoring rails project....
4911721 Joint prosthesis  
This invention relates to a joint prosthesis for permanent anchorage in the bone tissue of a joint in a human body, for instance a knee joint. The joint prosthesis comprises an anchorage device (3,...
4838891 Joint prothesis  
This invention relates to a joint prosthesis for permanent anchorage in the bone tissue of a joint in a human body, for instance a knee joint. The joint prosthesis comprises an anchorage device (3,...
4743261 Tibial component for unicompartmental knee prosthesis for a cementness implantation  
A tibial component for a unicompartmental knee prosthesis intended to be fitted without cement, comprises a metal base portion in the general form of a segment of a circular disc with generally...
4728332 Artificial menisco-tibial joint  
An artificial menisco-tibial joint for a knee joint prosthesis of the kind which includes at least one tibial component on which the meniscus is movably disposed. The meniscus has a largely flat...
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