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Artificial meniscus part and knee-joint prosthesis

US7998205B2 · kind B2 · utility

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34Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Hagen · Tuttlingen, DE
Thomas Grupp · Spaichingen, DE
Volkmar Jansson · Gilching, DE
Peter Mueller · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2008
Grant date	Aug 16, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/3895
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an artificial meniscus part for a knee-joint prosthesis that has on an upper side at least one femoral joint surface for the movable mounting of an artificial, natural or machined condyle of a femur, wherein the at least one femoral joint surface is configured in the form of a depression facing away from the meniscus part wherein the depression has an anterior and a posterior end region and a width of the depression has a minimum between the anterior and the posterior end region.An improved meniscus part set, an improved knee-joint prosthesis and an improved knee-joint prosthesis set are further proposed.

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