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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1998
Alan C. Merchant, Los Altos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A trochlear implant for a prosthetic knee, a prosthetic knee system and a method for using the prosthetic knee system are disclosed. The trochlear implant mounts to the knee end of a femur and cooperates with a patellar implant mounted to the back side of a patella. The patellar implant is a component of a prosthesis including a femoral implant for replacing the knee end of the femur. The trochlear implant has an articulation surface shaped to slidably receive a portion of the patellar implant. The articulation surface is substantially similar in shape to a portion of a surface of the femoral implant such that the patellar implant is capable of being used with the femoral implant and the trochlear implant.