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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Thomas Hagen, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Grupp, Denkingen, DE;
Volkmar Jansson, Gilching, DE;
Peter Mueller, Landsber am Lech, DE;
Thomas Hagen, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Grupp, Denkingen, DE;
Volkmar Jansson, Gilching, DE;
Peter Mueller, Landsber am Lech, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an artificial meniscus part for a knee-joint prosthesis that has on an upper side at least one femoral joint surface for the movable mounting of an artificial, natural or machined condyle of a femur, wherein the at least one femoral joint surface is configured in the form of a depression facing away from the meniscus part wherein the depression has an anterior and a posterior end region and a width of the depression has a minimum between the anterior and the posterior end region. An improved meniscus part set, an improved knee-joint prosthesis and an improved knee-joint prosthesis set are further proposed.