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7547327 Expandable augment trial  
An expandable trial augment, a trial including an augment and a method for using an expandable trial augment are provided. The trial augment is preferably biased to expand in at least one direction.
7520901 Bicompartmental implants and method of use  
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...
7517365 Marking template for installing a custom replacement device for resurfacing a femur and associated installation method  
A replacement device for resurfacing a joint surface of a femur and a method of making and installing such a device is provided. The custom replacement device is designed to substantially fit the...
7465319 Shoulder or hip prosthesis and process for fitting same  
This prosthesis comprises a humeral or femoral component and an intermediate component. The concave surface of articulation of the humeral or femoral component is formed by a plate connected by a...
7364590 Anatomical knee prosthesis  
An anatomical knee prosthesis configured to be oriented on an anatomical line of an interarticular space of the knee and not oriented on a mechanical axis as far as the interarticular space of the...
6953479 Orthopedic implant extension  
A stem extension for surgical implants such as tibial or femoral knee implants. The stem extension is interposed between the stem and its load bearing component (i.e., tibial tray or condylar...
6911100 Method for controlling residual stress in prosthetics  
A method for producing predetermined internal stresses in a prosthetic device for implantation. The method includes first determining internal stresses which are preferred in prosthetics to instill...
6905514 Custom replacement device for resurfacing a femur and method of making the same  
A replacement device for resurfacing a joint surface of a femur and a method of making and installing such a 5 device is provided. The custom replacement device is designed to substantially fit the...
6802865 Tilted femoral component  
The femoral component of a knee prosthetic includes a trochlean part ( 3 ) and at least one, but preferably two condyles ( 2 ) wherein a trochlean trajectory is defined within the external surface...
6786932 Femur end implant  
A femur head implant has an oblique neck. A ball portion of a hip joint is connected to a first neck end. A femur head hollow portion is connected to a second end of the oblique neck. A tubular...
6770099 Femoral prosthesis  
A femoral component for a prosthetic knee implant system. The femoral component comprises medial and lateral condyles, wherein the height of the medial condyle is greater than the height of the...
6746453 Targeting apparatus for use in performing transfemoral osteotomy  
A targeting apparatus for use in performing transfemoral osteotomy surgery includes a support element provided with a drill guide. A device is provided for securing the support element to a...
6589283 Elongated femoral component  
The invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis system adapted to replace the articulating knee portion of a femur and a tibia. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a first femoral component...
6540787 Femoral component of a knee prosthetic including three curvature radii  
A femoral part of a knee prosthetic of the type known as comprising three compartments, including two condyles ( 2 ) and a trochlea surface part ( 3 ) wherein the femoral part is to be anchored to...
6402786 Four compartment knee  
A femoral knee implant includes a fourth compartment of articulation. The superior posterior articulating surface is achieved by first increasing the thickness of the superior posterior condylar...
6364911 Femoral sled prosthesis  
A femur slide has a patella shield and two convex curved condyle cups which are anteriorly rigidly joined by the patella shield. The two condyle cups and the patella shield define internally...
6299645 Dove tail total knee replacement unicompartmental  
A knee joint prosthesis is provided for implanting on the tibial plateau and femoral condyle of the knee. The prosthesis includes a tibial prosthesis having a tibial fixation surface on the tibial...
6245110 Shankless knee joint endoprosthesis  
A knee joint endoprosthesis has an element for the femur (2) which is substantially U-shaped when seen from a medial to a lateral angle, one horizontal, two diagonal and two vertical support...
6152960 Femoral component for knee endoprosthesis  
A femoral component of a knee prosthesis includes a bearing surface defined by a smooth, continuous surface which in one embodiment is entirely formed by a series of three segments of surfaces of...
6102951 Mounting system for metallic support shells  
With the invention a mounting system is shown for metallic support shells at implantable joints with pin-like metallic anchoring elements. The anchoring elements have a head which lies on a...
5681354 Asymmetrical femoral component for knee prosthesis  
An asymmetric distal femoral prosthetic component is provided for use in arthroplasty having a sulcus angled laterally upward, and preferably laterally displaced from the midline. This design more...
5562671 Ligament replacement cross pinning method  
A method is provided for installing a femoral bone plug in a femoral tunnel formed in a femur. The method includes the steps of inserting the femoral bone plug into the femoral tunnel, and...
5549684 Artificial knee joint  
An artificial knee joint comprising a femur member to be secured to the distal portion of a femur and a tibia member to be secured to the proximal portion of a tibia, wherein the femur member is...
5427586 Knee-joint endoprosthesis  
A knee-joint endoprosthesis includes a femoral part having, at the lower end, two condylar pans, and a tibial part having a tibial plateau with upper support areas for supporting, and also for...
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...
5330535 Screw-nut for screwing implants together  
A screw-nut for screwing implants together includes a thrust-shoulder which projects radially and presses axially against part of a housing. The screw-nut further includes an internal threaded...
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...
5258032 Knee prosthesis provisional apparatus and resection guide and method of use in knee replacement surgery  
A method and apparatus for knee replacement surgery wherein a femoral provisional component is provided which corresponds to a permanent component to be implanted in a human and which includes...
5226916 Prosthetic femoral components  
A prosthetic femoral component of tricompartmental form has tibial facet surfaces (21) of like spherical shape and a patellar facet groove (31) of circular arcuate longitudinal shape, the latter...
5171282 Femoral member for knee prosthesis  
The femoral part (15) is, for example, of the kind comprising two lateral branches (16) each adapted to be applied to a respective condyl of the femur to be treated, to cooperate with the glenes of...
5137536 Tibial component for artificial knee joint  
In a tibial component for use with a femoral component for an artificial knee joint, a plate section has, at its upper face, a pair of bearing surface parts which are in sliding contact with the...
4888020 Femur for a knee joint prosthesis  
The femur part is made for clamping to the end of a femur bone in the manner of a "clamp strap". The femur part includes a backwall having a convex outer surface facing a patella shield which is...
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