Ankle implant

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2005-03-08

2005-03-08

Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3732)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

Reexamination Certificate

active

06863691

ABSTRACT:
An ankle implant having a tibial component with a bottom groove, a talar component with a convex dome on top, and a bearing component slidably insertable into the bottom groove in the tibial component and having a concave bottom recess receiving the top dome of the talar component. The tibial component is channel-shaped, with a flat bottom wall for reception in a corresponding surgically prepared recess in the bottom of the patient's tibia, an anteriorly inclined posterior end wall projecting up from its bottom wall, a taller anterior end wall perpendicular to its bottom wall, and a rounded groove on the inside at the juncture between the anterior and bottom walls. The talar component has a cross-shaped segment on the bottom for reception in a corresponding surgically prepared recess in the top of the patient's talus.

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