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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. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J. O'Neil, West Barnstable, MA (US);
Joseph Kennedy, Lakeville, MA (US);
James Boyko, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Cipolletti, Duxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 ;
Abstract
A modular joint prosthesis includes a tibial component formed of a tibial bearing insert and a tibial plateau. The tibial bearing insert is a modular component formed of a tibial insert body and a modular element. The tibial insert body and the modular elements are provided in a variety of geometries and sizes to yield various types of tibial insert bodies. The same tibial insert body may be used, for example, to form both rotatable and non-rotatable tibial bearing inserts.