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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Ron Clark, Valparaiso, IN (US);
David Blakemore, Warsaw, IN (US);
Ross Mack, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
VOT, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a tibial prosthesis useful in knee replacement surgeries. The prosthesis includes one or more cement introduction ports which may be used to deliver and control delivery of bone cement to a prosthesis-bone interface after the prosthesis has been positioned on a resurfaced area of a tibia bone. The prosthesis is suitable for implantation using arthroscopic as well as open surgical procedures. The prosthesis may be used as a unicondylar implant in either compartment of the knee or in both compartments of the knee.