Tibial element for a replacement knee prosthesis

Details Tibial element for a replacement knee prosthesis Tibial element for a replacement knee prosthesis

1993-01-05

1995-05-09

Isabella, David

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

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

623 18, A61F 238

Patent

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054136059

ABSTRACT:
A prosthetic tibial component has a tibial tray having an underside for engaging a prepared tibial plateau. The tibial component has a stem having a tapered connection at one end. The stem has a non-symmetrically shaped bone engagement element extending therefrom. The tray includes a tapered connection element for mating with the tapered connection element on the stem. The tray includes an alignment element for locating and engaging the bone engagement element on the stem to locate the stem at a predetermined position relative to the tibial plateau.

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