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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, IN (US);
Brian A. Uthgenannt, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of implanting a prosthetic knee joint assembly. The method includes: coupling a femoral component to a femur, and coupling a tibial component to a tibia; coupling a ligament link to one of the femur or the tibia; coupling the ligament link to a coupling component of one of the femoral component or the tibial component; arranging the ligament link in a first position relative to the tibial component when the prosthetic knee joint assembly is implanted in a left knee; and arranging the ligament link in a second position relative to the tibial component when the prosthetic knee joint assembly is implanted in a right knee, the second position is different from the first position.