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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
E. Marlowe Goble, Alta, WY (US);
Robert A. Hodorek, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Carlyle J. Creger, Logan, UT (US);
David W. Meibos, Draper, UT (US);
E. Marlowe Goble, Alta, WY (US);
Robert A. Hodorek, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Carlyle J. Creger, Logan, UT (US);
David W. Meibos, Draper, UT (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A trochlear groove implant includes a body having a first side with an articular surface and an opposing second side with a bone apposition surface, the articular surface and the bone apposition surface each extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end of the body. An elongated channel is recessed on the articular surface and longitudinally extends between the opposing ends of the body. An elongated ridge outwardly projects from the bone apposition surface and longitudinally extends between the opposing ends of the body.