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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Dwight Todd, Columbia City, IN (US);

Alex Stoller, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Aravinda Bobba, Warsaw, IN (US);

Harish Kumar, Warsaw, IN (US);

Assignee:

Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/3836 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61F 2/3886 (2013.01);
Abstract

Knee implant systems and methods for implantation or use in a knee joint, are disclosed. A knee implant system can include at femoral component having a femur-contacting surface and an opposing articulation surface, and proximal, distal, anterior and posterior portion. The femoral component can include a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, where each of the condyles define respective distal-most points and have substantially equal widths. The width of each of the condyles can define respective condyle midpoints, where the distal-most points can be located laterally from the midpoints. The femoral component can include a trochlear groove that can define a distal-most sulcus point located halfway between the distal-most point of the medial condyle and the distal-most point of the lateral condyle.


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