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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Inventors:
Stephen E. White, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
William J. Maloney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tibial implant includes one or more stiffness-modifying features to reduce the stiffness of one or more sections of the tibial implant. The stiffness-modifying features may include slots, recesses, or passageways defined in various locations of the tibial implant to selectively reduce the stiffness of a tibial insert and/or tibial base of the tibial implant.