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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2003
Michael Anthony Tuke, Guildford, GB;
Robert Michael Wozencroft, Epsom, GB;
Andrew Clive Taylor, Chichester, GB;
Michael Anthony Tuke, Guildford, GB;
Robert Michael Wozencroft, Epsom, GB;
Andrew Clive Taylor, Chichester, GB;
Finsbury (Development) Limited, Leatherhead, GB;
Abstract
A tibial prosthesis has a metal tray component () comprising a transverse member () with a peripheral upstanding rim () and a projecting stem (). The upstanding rim () includes a posterior rim portion with an undercut lip forming a pair of recesses () and an anterior rim portion with an open angled posterior surface portion () and a posteriorly projecting barbed portion (). The prosthesis also includes a tibia insert () made of a plastics material which fits on the tibial implant () within the upstanding rim () and has on a posterior portion thereof a shaped contour () adapted in use to fit snugly under the undercut lip and on an anterior portion thereof an anterior surface () having a taper angle substantially corresponding to the angle of the open angled posterior surface portion.