Patent ID: 9066802
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical implant assembly, configured for affixing a hyaline cartilage replacement implant on a bone surface adjacent to a machined rounded groove with an edge formed in a bone of a knee joint, the implant assembly comprising: a flexible hyaline cartilage replacement implant having a smooth lubricious articulating surface on an exposed side and an enlarged rounded rim protruding on a side opposite from the exposed side, wherein the enlarged rim is dimensioned and adapted to fit into the groove for affixing the flexible cartilage replacement implant in place on the surface; and an anchoring subassembly, said anchoring subassembly comprising: wherein the trench supplementing component and the enlarged rim are dimensioned such that the enlarged rim is snapped resiliently over the trench supplementing component in order to be fit into the groove, whereby the enlarged rim becomes locked in the groove, wherein the machined groove extends around a periphery of the bone surface, wherein the washer component is disposed within said periphery and the trench supplementing component extends outwardly from the washer component, and wherein the enlarged rim of the implant snaps resiliently over the trench supplementing component into the groove.