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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2015
National University Corporation Ehime University, Ehime, JP;
Hiromasa Miura, Ehime, JP;
Kazunori Hino, Ehime, JP;
National University Corporation Ehime University, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a ligament reconstruction type artificial knee joint that can exert a function of an anterior cruciate ligament in an original knee joint. In an artificial knee jointused in a total knee replacement, the artificial knee jointincludes: a femur membermounted on a femur distal end DT; a tibia membermounted on a tibia proximal end PE; and an artificial ligamentcoupling the tibia memberand the femur membertogether. One end of the artificial ligamentis coupled to a position where once an anterior cruciate ligament ACL exists in a knee replaced for the artificial knee jointon an inside of a lateral condyle of the femur member, and the other end of the artificial ligamentis coupled to a position where once the anterior cruciate ligament ACL exists in the knee replaced for the artificial knee jointon an upper side of the tibia member