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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
Albert Burstein, Sarasota, FL (US);
Laurent Angibaud, Gainesville, FL (US);
Andrea Hayes, Gainesville, FL (US);
David Covall, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jay Mabrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Bernard Stulberg, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Gary Miller, Gainesville, FL (US);
C. Michael Mauldin, Lake City, FL (US);
Albert Burstein, Sarasota, FL (US);
Laurent Angibaud, Gainesville, FL (US);
Andrea Hayes, Gainesville, FL (US);
David Covall, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jay Mabrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Bernard Stulberg, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Gary Miller, Gainesville, FL (US);
C. Michael Mauldin, Lake City, FL (US);
Exactech, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a knee prosthesis system with at least a first tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial) and a second tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial), wherein each of the first tibial portion element and the second tibial portion element has a different slope. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of implanting a knee prosthesis, wherein the method utilizes at least a first tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial) and a second tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial), wherein each of the first tibial portion element and the second tibial portion element has a different slope.