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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Marc Augoyard, Tassin la Demi Lune, FR;
Gerard Bascoulergue, late of Le Touquet, FR;
Maurice Basso, Hyeres, FR;
Rene Bertocchi, Lyons, FR;
Philippe Charret, Fontaine sur Saone, FR;
Philippe Courcelles, late of Dardilly, FR;
Jean-Louis Debiesse, Vienne, FR;
Laurent Dupre La Tour, Letrat, FR;
Guy Eyraud, Ville Sous Anjou, FR;
Jean-Philippe Fayard, Saint Just Saint Rambert, FR;
Paul-Henri Hulin, Auxerre, FR;
Francois Lecuire, Hyeres, FR;
Gilles Melere, Annecy, FR;
Joseph Millon, La Ravoire, FR;
Jean-Paul Passot, St Genest Lerpt, FR;
Jacques Peyrot, Tassin la Demi Lune, FR;
Marc Relave, Andrezieux Boutheon, FR;
Gerard de Witte, Chateauneuf sur Isere, FR;
Michel Vernizeau, Valence, FR;
Merck Biomaterial France, Valence Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A prosthesis, such as a knee prosthesis, for the lower limb including a femur prosthetic element having a block presenting a lug running into the trochlea and adjacent to a notch from which a convex bearing surface extends, and a tibia prosthetic element having an insert with a sagittally oriented elevation defining a projection for antero-postero stabilization engaged in the notch when the prosthesis is in the extended position and which runs into a concave sliding ramp that extends to the rear edge of the insert.