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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:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Lawes, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4DB, GB;
Alan M Ashby, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4LD, GB;
William A Wallace, Woodborough, Nottingham NG14 6ED, GB;
Akiho Hoshino, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175, JP;
Pier G Marchetti, 40136 Bologna, IT;
Maurilio Marcacci, 40135 Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 20 ; 623 18 ;
Abstract
A tibial component for a replacement knee prosthesis comprising a tibial tray for connection to a suitably prepared tibia has a tray carrying fixed lateral and medial condylar bearing components. Only the medial component has a shock absorber located beneath it.