Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Implantable prosthesis – Bone
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-09
2008-09-09
Snow, Bruce E (Department: 3738)
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Implantable prosthesis
Bone
C623S020320, C623S020340
Reexamination Certificate
active
10894146
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tibial tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a bi-concave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the second bearing (i.e., at the interface between a tibial insert and a tibial tray in the mobile bearing knee as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
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English language abstract of FR2839256 from the esp@cenet database.
The Effect of Contact Area on Wear in Relation to Fixed Bearing and Mobile Bearing Knee Replacements; by Shivani Sathasivam et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res (Appl Biomatter), 2001 pp. 282-290.
Angibaud Laurent
Burstein Albert
Cloutier Raymond
Gladdish, Jr. Bennie W.
Hoyt James Edward
Exactech, Inc.
Greenberg & Traurig, LLP
Snow Bruce E
Yarnall Megan
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