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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:
National University Corporation Ehime University, Ehime, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunori Hino, Ehime, JP;
Hiromasa Miura, Ehime, JP;
Kunihiko Watamori, Ehime, JP;
Yoshitaka Shiraishi, Ehime, JP;
Tomofumi Kinoshita, Ehime, JP;
Assignee:
National University Corporation Ehime University, Ehime, JP;
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 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2/30756 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30116 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30125 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30156 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30225 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30235 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30884 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3895 (2013.01);
Abstract
An artificial knee jointincludes: an insert memberembedded in a part of a joint surface of a medial condyle MC or lateral condyle LC of a tibia T; and a bridge memberdisposed underneath the insert member, and having a length that allows both ends thereof to be anchored to a cortical bone of a tibia T.