Patent ID: 8475535

Claim:
A prosthetic device configured to form at least a portion of a joint, comprising: a plurality of segmented components configured to be fixed relative to a femur of a body including: a patellofemoral component; and a condyle component, wherein each segmented component is configured such that a placement at which the segmented component will be fixed relative to the femur is not constrained by a connection to another of the segmented components that is fixed relative to the femur, wherein, in an installed configuration, the patellofemoral and condyle components are configured to be fixed relative to the femur such that: a gap is provided in a transverse plane between at least one of: (1) a medial edge of the patellofemoral component and an opposing lateral edge of the condyle component, and (2) a lateral edge of the patellofemoral component and an opposing medial edge of the condyle component, wherein the gap includes a portion having a substantially uniform width with a midline that is substantially parallel to a trochlear groove of the patellofemoral component, and a transition region is provided that extends from a first femoral coronal plane that intersects the patellofemoral component to a second femoral coronal plane that intersects the condyle component, and wherein the transition region includes a divergence point at which an articular surface of the patellofemoral component diverges superiorly away from an articular surface of the condyle component, wherein a radius of divergence of the articular surface of the patellofemoral component is at least 6 mm.