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Modular bone implant, tool, and method

US7857858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Zimmer Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel F. Justin · Logan, US
E. Marlowe Goble · Logan, US
Thomas Wade Fallin · Hyde Park, US
Nathan A. Hammond · Logan, US
Daniel J. Triplett · Providence, US
Robert A. Hodorek · Warsaw, US
Daniel E. Gerbec · Logan, US
Gordon Baker · Nibley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2007
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0015
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Modular bone implants, manner of assembly, and their method of use are presented. In one form thereof, a tibial component of a knee prosthesis is providing including a tray having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces and an extension forming an elongate body having a top end and a bottom end. One of the tray and extension includes an outwardly projecting boss, with the boss having an outer wall including a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion. The other of the tray and extension includes an inwardly extending bore forming a bore wall, the bore wall including a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion.

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