Patent ID: 9149206
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A tibial prosthesis system, comprising: a bearing component having a superior articulating surface and an inferior surface, the inferior surface having a base component engagement feature; a base component having a superior surface and an inferior surface, the superior surface having a bearing component engagement feature configured to mate with the base component engagement feature such that the bearing component and the base component are removably engageable with each other, a shim component configured to be slidable between the inferior surface of the bearing component and the superior surface of the base component, when the bearing component and the base component are engaged with each other, to removably engage the shim component with at least one of the bearing component and the base component, the shim component including one or both of a medial edge having a different height than a lateral edge or an anterior edge having a different height than a posterior edge, wherein the shim component is sized and shaped to allow passage of the base component engagement feature or the bearing component engagement feature such that the base component engagement feature and the bearing component engagement feature remain mated together when the bearing component and the base component are engaged with each other and the shim component is slid therebetweeen.