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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105386 | Rotating/non-rotating tibia base plate/insert system The present invention is directed to a rotating/non-rotating tibia base plate/insert system. In one illustrative embodiment, the device comprises a tibia base plate, an insert adapted to be positioned above the base plate, and at least one removable pin that, when i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7753960 | Modular knee prosthesis A joint prosthesis may include a tibial tray, a tibial base, a tibial articular member, and a femoral articular member. In some embodiments, a coupler engages the tray, and optionally the base, with an interference fit. In some embodiments, the base engages the tray... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7658767 | Hinged orthopaedic prosthesis A hinged orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial component, and a bearing component positioned between the femoral and tibial components. A hinge assembly is coupled to the femoral component to constrain the movement of the femoral compone... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7364589 | Mobile bearing articulating disc A prosthetic device for insertion into an intervertebral space is provided. The prosthetic device includes a first component having a first recess formed therein, the first recess defining a substantially concave recess surface of the first component, a second compo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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, anatomy and having a substantially elliptical shape in plan and a pair... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338524 | Surgically implantable knee prosthesis A prosthesis is provided for implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau which is suitable for patients having large tibial defects. The prosthesis includes a hard body free of fixation within the knee jo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338529 | Methods and apparatuses for enhancing prosthetic implant durability The present teachings provide for a prosthetic implant comprising a femoral component, a tibial component, a bearing and a wear reduction device. The femoral component is operable to replace at least a portion of a patient's natural femur. The tibial component is op... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320709 | Method and system for mammalian joint resurfacing A method and system for the creation or modification of the wear surface of orthopedic joints, involving the preparation and use of one or more partially or fully preformed and procured components, adapted for insertion and placement into the body and at the joint s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309363 | Adjustable knee tibial trial insert An adjustable tibial trial insert includes an upper plate having an upper articular surface and a lower plate. A height-adjustment mechanism of the insert is coupled to and positioned generally between the upper plate and the lower plate and is configured to move be... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303586 | Coupled knee prosthesis with a rotational bearing A knee prosthesis includes a femoral component with condylar sliding surfaces which are rigidly interconnected, a tibial component provided with a tibial platform which is linked to it in a non-rotatable manner and has tibial sliding surfaces which cooperate with th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297161 | 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 body having a generally elliptical shape in plan and a pair of opposed ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294149 | Orthopedic implant with angled pegs An orthopedic implant, such as a tibial tray, includes a body having a bone contacting surface with at least one and preferably two pegs extending from the bone contacting surface. Each of the pegs has a longitudinal axis angled with respect to the bone contacting s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288115 | Multipart component for an orthopaedic implant The present invention provides an implant for replacing an articulating bone end adjacent a skeletal joint. The implant includes individual subcomponents having different physical and/or mechanical properties joined together into a multipart implant component. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7244274 | Joint prosthesis The invention relates to a joint prosthesis, especially a knee joint prosthesis, for establishing an articulated connection between a first bone and at least one second bone. The inventive prosthesis comprises a first component (1) that is at least indirectly... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238204 | Shock-absorbing intervertebral implant The invention relates to an intervertebral implant comprising a spacer designed to be applied between two spinous processes of two vertebrae. The spacer comprises: two elements (10, 12) made of a first material, and each presenting a first end (10a,... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235102 | Prosthetic components with contained compressible resilient members One or more rigid components associated with an articulating bone are used to encase, encapsulate, contain, or otherwise protect a compressible/resilient member. The embodiments are applicable not only to artificial disc replacement (ADR) devices, but also to joint ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232465 | Knee prosthesis A knee prosthesis includes a femoral prosthetic part which forms a pair of condylar gliding surfaces, a tibial part that has tibial gliding surfaces cooperating with the condylar gliding surfaces and a coupling part that connects the femoral and tibial parts so that... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7153327 | Method and apparatus for mechanically reconstructing ligaments in a knee prosthesis The invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis for replacing the articulating knee portion of a femur and a tibia. The knee joint prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial component, a bearing member, a guide post and a mechanically reconstructed ligament.... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7124762 | Dovetail meniscal allograft technique and system A meniscal allograft with a bone block having a trapezoidal shape in cross-section and a technique for using a meniscus allograft having a trapezoidal shaped bone block are disclosed. A groove is formed initially in the bone using drill bits. Dilators are used to in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 articular surface of a first bone that normally articulates in a prede... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105027 | Self-aligning knee prosthesis A prosthesis for repairing a knee is made with an insert sandwiched between a femoral component and a tibial tray. The parts are shaped so that both the femoral component and the tibial tray will slidingly interface with the insert during motion of the knee. At regi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101401 | Tibial component of a knee-joint endoprosthesis Tibial component (10) of a knee-joint endoprosthesis with a flat tibial bearing surface (11), a bearing body (12) that is slidably seated thereon and comprises two concave bearing dishes (13) in which a femoral component can be movably se... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094259 | Physiological total knee implant The present invention generally comprises a fixed bearing prosthesis and a mobile bearing prosthesis. The fixed bearing prosthesis comprises a tibial component, a femoral component and a meniscal component and addressees the loss of congruency during deep knee flexi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083652 | Tibial tray with adjustable keel A tibial prosthesis includes a tibial platform having a medial-lateral center and an inferior surface matable with a resected proximal tibia, and a modular keel that is fixable to the inferior surface and adjustable in a medial-lateral direction with respect to the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081137 | Knee prosthesis with extended range of motion In a knee prosthesis, the condylar surfaces of a femoral component engage corresponding articular surfaces of a tibial component along prescribed tracks of predetermined curvature which enable relative rotation between the femoral component and the tibial component ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066963 | Tibia plateau for a replacement joint A tibia plateau for a replacement joint, particularly an endoprosthesis for a human knee joint, in which the head and socket artificial joint parts have convex and concave articulation surfaces, respectively, and the articulation surfaces are arranged in pairs, so t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060100 | Artificial disc and joint replacements with modular cushioning components An artificial joint or disc replacement (ADR) broadly includes a pair of opposing endplate components, each attached to one of the upper and lower vertebrae, a cushioning component disposed between the endplate components, and a mechanism for coupling the cushioning... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060101 | Tibial component A tibial knee joint prosthesis for attachment to a suitably prepared tibial bone, providing bearing portions in the lateral and medial compartments. The lateral and medial bearing surfaces of the component are inclined at different angles in the anterior to posterio... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056100 | Piston assembly for a compressor A compressor for a vehicle air conditioning system comprises a front casing in which is mounted a swash or wobble plate arrangement operatively connected to a drive shaft and a plurality of pistons each provided with a piston body at one end and a foot portion at it... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037341 | Knee joint endoprosthesis system A knee joint endoprosthesis system includes a femur component, two friction bearings and a tibia component. The tibia component comprises two joint surface units and a transversal support. The transversal support is implanted into the tibia at a certain distance fro... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033397 | Mobile bearing unicondylar tibial knee prosthesis The present invention provides a mobile unicondylar tibial knee prosthesis for repairing a damaged knee joint. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025789 | Prosthetic device and method for total joint replacement in small joint arthroplasty The prosthesis device can have a pair of articular members adapted to be mounted onto adjoining bones, respectively, to replace a joint. The first and second articular members can have first and second bearing elements, respectively. The bearing elements can be form... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025788 | Knee joint prosthesis A modular tibial component for a knee joint prosthesis. The modular tibial component includes a tray, a stem and an adapter assembly. The tray includes a support surface and downwardly extending extension having a generally circular shape. The stem includes a main b... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014660 | Prosthetic knee with removable stop pin for limiting anterior sliding movement of bearing A knee prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial component, a bearing and a control arm. The bearing is in articular bearing engagement with the femoral component and in sliding and rotational bearing engagement with the tibial component. Movement of the bea... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008454 | Prosthetic knee with removable stop pin for limiting anterior sliding movement of bearing A knee prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial component, a bearing and a control arm. The bearing is in articular bearing engagement with the femoral component and in sliding and rotational bearing engagement with the tibial component. Movement of the bea... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994730 | Meniscal and tibial implants Instrumentation and a method for resurfacing a joint capsule having cartilage and meniscal surfaces such as a knee joint includes resecting a central portion of the joint cartilage on one joint member such as the tibia while leaving a meniscal rim attached to the pe... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986791 | Knee prosthesis with moveable post A knee prosthetic for implantation includes a mobile rotatable posterior stabilized (PS) post. The mobile PS post may rotate or distract superiorly relative to a tibial component. The mobile PS post may rotate with the femur after implantation, at least for a select... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984249 | Knee prosthesis with a flexion hinge A knee prosthesis with a flexion hinge which is formed by a hinge fork with two branches lying opposite each other, by a center part which is to be fitted in the hinge fork transversely with respect to the flexion axis of the latter, and by a hinge pin which, after ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6972039 | Floating bearing knee joint prosthesis with a fixed tibial post An articulating bearing knee including a guide post that in a first orientation allows substantially free varus and valgus distraction, but in another constrains the same. The guide post in includes a superior portion that engages a femoral component of a knee prost... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962607 | Joint replacement prosthesis component with non linear insert According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a joint prosthesis (10) having a first component (12) for cooperation with a first long bone (14) and a second component (16) for cooperation with a second long bone ... | 11/08/2005 |
