Patent ID: 9622868
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A unicondylar resurfacing femoral assembly comprising: a unicondylar resurfacing femoral component including a metallic base member and a polymeric articulation member; and a tibial component including a tibial tray with a planar, superior articulating surface and a tibial retention member extending from an inferior surface of the tibial tray; wherein the unicondylar resurface femoral component has a thickness sufficient to span a joint space between a femur and the tibial component such that the planar, superior articulating surface of the tibial component is configured to directly articulate with the polymeric articulation member; and a slidable bearing; a revision femoral component; wherein the planar, superior articulating surface of the tibial component is further configured to articulate with, by way of the slidable bearing seated on the superior articulating surface, the revision femoral component implanted in a femur in place of the unicondylar resurfacing femoral component after the unicondylar resurfacing femoral component has been removed from the femur.