Rotating and hinged knee prosthesis
US4262368A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1979 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/3877
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A prosthesis for replacement of the human knee joint, having separate femoral and tibial components which after implantation are freely relatively rotatable about a proximal-distal axis and are hingedly connected about a transverse axis posterior of the axis of rotational movement.
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