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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dirk Bädorf, Frechen, DE;
Assignee:
CeramTec AG Innovative Ceramic Engineering, Plochingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 ;
Abstract
A knee-joint prosthesis comprising a tibial component fixed to the proximal tibia, a femoral component fixed to the distal femur, the femoral component having condylar bearing sections which cooperate in an articulated manner with tibial bearing sections of said tibial component, and an anterior plate section of said femoral component which touches the patella or a patella component fixed to the patella.