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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Michael J. Pappas, Caldwell, NJ (US);
Biomedical Engineering Trust I, , NJ (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic replacement knee joint includes a tibial component, a femoral component, a bearing and a control arm. The tibial component has a superior bearing surface and a conical recess extending into the superior bearing surface. The bearing has an inferior surface slidably engaged with the superior surface of the tibial component and formed with a dovetailed groove therein. The bearing also has a concave superior surface. A notch extends into the posterior extreme of the bearing. The femoral component has a pair of convex arcuate condyles in articular bearing engagement with the superior surface of the bearing. The femoral component also includes a posterior notch having a minor medial-lateral width at the inferior surface of the femoral component and a major width at more superior locations on the femoral component. The control arm has a conical bearing rotatable positioned in the conical recess of the tibial component. The control arm further has a dovetail guide slidably engaged in the dovetail groove of the bearing. A post projects through the notch in the bearing and into the notch of the femoral component. The post has medial and lateral projections that engage portions of the notch in the femoral component that define the major width thereof.