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Patent US6770097 - Kit for a knee joint prosthesis - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA kit for a knee joint prosthesis includes a tibia part, a femur part and a meniscus part which is to be arranged between the femur part and the tibia part. The kit enables the assembly of different prosthesis types, namely of prostheses in which the meniscus part is arranged to be immobile relative...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6770097?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6770097 - Kit for a knee joint prosthesisPublication numberUS6770097 B2Publication typeGrantApplication number09/732,036Publication date3 Aug 2004Filing date6 Dec 2000Priority date13 Dec 1999Also published asDE50015731D1, US20010003803Publication number09732036, 732036, US 6770097 B2, US 6770097B2, US-B2-6770097, US6770097 B2, US6770097B2InventorsVincent LeclercqOriginal AssigneeCenterpulse Orthopedics Ltd.Patent Citations (10), Referenced by (11), Classifications (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetKit for a knee joint prosthesisUS 6770097 B2Abstract A kit for a knee joint prosthesis includes a tibia part, a femur part and a meniscus part which is to be arranged between the femur part and the tibia part. The kit enables the assembly of different prosthesis types, namely of prostheses in which the meniscus part is arranged to be immobile relative to the tibia part and of prostheses in which the meniscus part is arranged so as to be movable relative to the tibia part. The kit includes a plurality of guiding elements which are formed in such a manner that the respective guiding element is in engagement with the tibia part and with the meniscus part when the prosthesis is assembled and determines the movability of the meniscus part relative to the tibia part.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is therefore to propose a kit for a knee joint prosthesis which does not have the above-named disadvantages, but at the same time however maintains the intra-operative flexibility for the operating surgeon with respect to the type of knee joint prosthesis to be implanted.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a knee joint prosthesis which can be assembled with the help of the kit in accordance with the invention, in an exploded view,
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS In the exploded view shown in FIG. 1 of an exemplary embodiment of a special type of a knee joint prosthesis which can be assembled with a kit in accordance with the invention one recognizes a tibia part 1 which can be provided with an anchoring shaft 2 at its application piece 10 insofar as this is required by the condition of the tibia, which can be the case in particular in revision operations. At the lower side of the tibia part 1 e.g. two anchoring pins 11 are provided, of which only one can be recognized in FIG. 1. These anchoring pins 11 are introduced into correspondingly produced bores in the tibia and prevent a rotation of the tibia part 1 relative to the tibia. For reasons of draftsmanship the illustration of a cut-out for the rear cruciate ligament was dispensed with in the illustration of the tibia part 1; it can however be standardly provided in the tibia part 1 (see FIG. 2) so that the tibia part 1 can be universally used independently of the state of the ligaments.
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