Patent ID: 8529631
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A base component for a tibial implant, comprising: a lateral compartment; a medial compartment; an anterior connection portion connecting the lateral compartment and the medial compartment to one another at an anterior region of the base component wherein a section open to a posterior region of the base component is provided between the lateral compartment and the medial compartment, and wherein the lateral compartment and the medial compartment each have a lower side and an upper side, with at least one of the lower sides being configured for the fastening of the base component to the tibia; and a marginal web having a marginal web height that defines a receiving shell around at least one of the lateral and medial compartments, the receiving shell configured for receiving a meniscus component of the tibial implant, wherein the marginal web height is reduced in the posterior region of the base component as compared to the anterior region of the base component.