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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1982
Filed:
May. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Forte, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
David A Sonstegard, Hudson, WI (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3-1911 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A patellar flange for a knee joint prosthesis comprising a curved base and a pair of condylar runners, one of said condylar runners being attached to each lateral side of the base and extending outwardly anteriorly therefrom diverging from each other and converging to the base superiorly and a femoral knee joint prosthesis containing the flange.