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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7497876 | Prosthetic implant The invention relates to an element for incorporation into a prosthetic implant so as to form a bone-contacting portion thereof, the element comprising a rear face, a front face, and a body extending between the rear face and the front face, wherein the front face c... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7112221 | Prosthesis A prosthetic implant is described for surgical implantation in a hand of a patient comprising an elongate flexible member (24; 32; 51) for passing snugly around a surgically exposed bone (21) of the hand, the elongate flexible member (24; 32; 51... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6942701 | Prosthesis The invention provides an acetabular prosthesis comprising an outer portion having a substantally concave inner surface and a substantially convex outer surface. An inner portion within and spaced from the outer portion and having a substantially concave inner surfa... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6869448 | Prosthesis A tibial prosthesis has a metal tray component (1) comprising a transverse member (3) with a peripheral upstanding rim (6) and a projecting stem (4). The upstanding rim (6) includes a posterior rim portion with an undercut lip form... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6859661 | Surgical system for use in the course of a knee replacement operation A system for use by a surgeon during a knee replacement operation comprises a navigation computer whose memory holds data relating to size and shape of at least one implant as well as data obtained during pre-operative scanning. The system also registers the three d... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6706042 | Tissue distractor A mechanism for powering an auto-extensible tissue distractor, e.g. a bone fixator, is described in which a movable device is caused to move in small incremental steps of a few μm each along an elongate member towards its distal end under the influence of one or mo... | 03/16/2004 |
