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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Graeme I. Howling, Leeds, GB;
Michael Dean Hughes, Cordova, TN (US);
Jeffrey N. Yeager, Nesbit, MS (US);
Malcolm Brown, Otley, GB;
Rhianna Moss, York, GB;
Mason James Bettenga, Memphis, TN (US);
Horacio Montes DE Oca Balderas, York, GB;
Inventors:
Graeme I. Howling, Leeds, GB;
Michael Dean Hughes, Cordova, TN (US);
Jeffrey N. Yeager, Nesbit, MS (US);
Malcolm Brown, Otley, GB;
Rhianna Moss, York, GB;
Mason James Bettenga, Memphis, TN (US);
Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, York, GB;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2013.01); A61F 2/30734 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to prosthetic knee implants (), components () of prosthetic knee implants, and methods of fixating the components to one another and, especially fixation of the implants to bone.