FEMORAL COMPONENT OF KNEE PROSTHESIS, THE FEMORAL COMPONENT HAVING ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CLAW(S) FOR DIGGING INTO BONE AND/OR A RAISED RIB WITH A BULBOUS TERMINUS

Patent №

US 8,317,869

Granted

2012-11-27

Filed 2009

Owner

EXACTECH, INC.

Lab

AI components

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vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12367268

A femoral component of a knee prosthesis, wherein the femoral component includes a sharp radius at each end (e.g., the anterior end and the posterior end) of the femoral component is disclosed herein. The sharp radius at each end may form a “claw” at each end. Each of these claws may “dig” through the patient's cartilage into the bone (or may “dig” directly into bone if there is no intervening cartilage). One benefit provided by a claw may be facilitating a smooth transition of cartilage/poly bearing to femoral implant/poly bearing (e.g., during knee extension). A femoral component of a knee prosthesis, wherein the femoral component includes a raised rib having a bulbous terminus at a free edge is disclosed herein. This raised rib having a bulbous terminus at a free edge may, for example, simultaneously create sufficient implant strength and adequate cement fixation while minimizing the component's thickness.

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AI classification

Vision0.76
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Speech0.00
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Ownership

EXACTECH, INC.

assignment · 224340096

Assignors

CLOUTIER, RAYMOND J., MADDEN, JAMES, HOHL, NICOLAS

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