Artificial meniscus part and knee-joint prosthesis

Details Artificial meniscus part and knee-joint prosthesis Artificial meniscus part and knee-joint prosthesis

2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Isabella, David (Department: 3774)

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

Implantable prosthesis

Meniscus

C623S020140, C623S020150, C623S020210, C623S020300

Reexamination Certificate

active

07998205

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an artificial meniscus part for a knee-joint prosthesis that has on an upper side at least one femoral joint surface for the movable mounting of an artificial, natural or machined condyle of a femur, wherein the at least one femoral joint surface is configured in the form of a depression facing away from the meniscus part wherein the depression has an anterior and a posterior end region and a width of the depression has a minimum between the anterior and the posterior end region.An improved meniscus part set, an improved knee-joint prosthesis and an improved knee-joint prosthesis set are further proposed.

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