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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Jason K. Otto, Plantation, FL (US);
Brian Mckinnon, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael Dean Hughes, Memphis, TN (US);
Michael Ries, Tiburon, CA (US);
Jan Victor, Bruges, BE;
Johan Bellemans, Langdorp, BE;
Johnathan Garino, Villanova, PA (US);
Timothy Wilton, Duffield, GB;
Jason K. Otto, Plantation, FL (US);
Brian McKinnon, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael Dean Hughes, Memphis, TN (US);
Michael Ries, Tiburon, CA (US);
Jan Victor, Bruges, BE;
Johan Bellemans, Langdorp, BE;
Johnathan Garino, Villanova, PA (US);
Timothy Wilton, Duffield, GB;
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. Surfaces can be specially shaped using iterative automated techniques that allow testing and iterative design taking into account a manageable set of major forces acting on the knee during normal functioning, together with information that is known about natural knee joint kinetics and kinematics.