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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Terry L. Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
Edward J. Caylor, Iii, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Terry L. Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
Edward J. Caylor, III, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tibial tray assembly includes a platform having a stem extending downwardly from a bottom surface and a stem extension couple to the an end of the stem. The stem extension is electrically insulated from the stem. The tibial tray assembly also includes a wireless communication device configured to transmit data using the stem extension as an antenna.