Patent ID: 6946001
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A mobile bearing unicondylar knee implant for implanting within a single compartment of a human knee joint and adapted to cooperate with a prosthetic femoral component, the implant comprising: a bearing component, the bearing component having a superior surface adapted to allow articulation of the prosthetic femoral component thereon, an inferior surface adapted to slidingly engage a superior surface of a tibial tray, and an exterior wall having a groove disposed therearound; and a tibial tray having a superior surface having at least two tabs disposed along an edge thereof, the tabs having a first tab portion extending proximally from the superior surface of the tibial tray and a second tab portion attached to the first tab portion extending generally toward the center of the tibial tray such that the tabs are selectively engageable within the groove, wherein the bearing component freely moves in any direction in a plane that is generally parallel to said superior surface of said tibial tray while cooperation of said groove and said at least two tabs prevents said bearing component from sliding off the edge of said superior surface of said tibial tray.