# US 10,307,260 B2 · Tibial tray with fixation features

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- Number: US 10,307,260 B2
- Document ID: US10307260B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/590,537
- Filed: 2017-05-09
- Published: 2018-11-15
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-09
- Assignees: Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Applicants: Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Inventors: Mark A. Heldreth; Danny W. Rumple, Jr.; Alyssa M. Haines; J. Bohannon Mason
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10307260B2

## CPC

- A61F 2/389: {Tibial components (A61F2/3868 takes precedence)}
- A61B 17/8802: {Equipment for handling bone cement or other fluid fillers}
- A61F 2/30767: {Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth}
- A61F 2002/30321: {differing in roughness}
- A61F 2002/30733: {Inserts placed into an endoprosthetic cavity, e.g. for modifying a material property}
- A61F 2002/308: {oblong}
- A61F 2002/30805: {Recesses of comparatively large area with respect to their low depth}
- A61F 2002/30808: {parallel}
- A61F 2002/3081: {inclined obliquely with respect to each other}
- A61F 2002/3082: {Grooves}
- A61F 2002/30878: {with non-sharp protrusions, for instance contacting the bone for anchoring, e.g. keels, pegs, pins, posts, shanks, stems, struts}
- A61F 2002/30884: {Fins or wings, e.g. longitudinal wings for preventing rotation within the bone cavity}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

An orthopaedic prosthesis including a tibial tray is disclosed. The tibial tray includes a distal pocket and a plurality of inner pockets. Each inner pocket includes a channel sized to receive bone cement. The tibial tray includes distal-facing surfaces that have a surface roughness (Ra) equal to about 5.0 microns.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An orthopaedic prosthetic component, comprising:
a plate including a distal surface, a distal-facing opening defined in the distal surface, a proximal surface configured to receive an insert component, and a curved outer wall extending between the distal surface and the proximal surface, and
an elongated stem extending from the distal surface of the plate to a distal tip,
wherein the plate further includes an intermediate wall positioned between the proximal surface and the distal surface, and an inner wall that extends inwardly from the distal-facing opening to the intermediate wall to define a distal pocket,
wherein the plate further includes a plurality of inner pockets in the intermediate wall, each inner pocket being defined by a base wall that is positioned proximal of the intermediate wall and a rim wall that extends between an opening in the intermediate wall and the base wall, and each inner pocket including an annular channel positioned between the intermediate wall and the base wall,
wherein the distal surface and the intermediate wall have a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 3.5 microns to 6.5 microns,
wherein each rim wall includes a convex distal surface and a concave proximal surface that cooperate to define the annular channel,
wherein each inner pocket includes a narrowest opening extending parallel to the base wall of the inner pocket that is defined by the convex distal surface of the rim wall, and the narrowest opening of the inner pocket has a surface area that is less than the surface area of the base wall of the inner pocket,
wherein an imaginary line on the convex distal surface defines a peripheral edge of the narrowest opening of each inner pocket, the peripheral edge having a peripheral edge length and defaming a surface area of the narrowest opening of the inner pocket, the plate has a total peripheral edge length that is equal to the sum of the peripheral edge lengths of the plurality of inner pockets, and the plate has a total opening surface area that is equal to the sum of the surface areas of the narrowest openings of the plurality of inner pockets, and
wherein a ratio of the total peripheral edge length to the total opening surface area is in a range of 0.31 to 0.46.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 1, wherein the plurality of inner pockets includes an anterior pocket and a posterior pocket positioned posterior of the anterior pocket.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 2, wherein the anterior pocket is one of a plurality of anterior pockets and the posterior pocket is one of a plurality of posterior pockets.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 3, further comprising:
a medial keel connected to the elongated stem and the distal surface of the plate and positioned between a first anterior pocket and a first posterior pocket, and
a lateral keel connected to the elongated stem and the distal surface of the plate and positioned between a second anterior pocket and a second posterior pocket.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 3, wherein each anterior pocket is larger than each posterior pocket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of each base wall has a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 3.5 microns to 6.5 microns.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 1, wherein the proximal surface of the plate includes a buttress configured to engage the insert component.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 1, wherein the inner wall that defines the distal pocket includes multiple interconnected curved surfaces.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The orthopaedic prosthetic component of claim 1, wherein the elongated stem includes an outer surface having a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 3.5 microns to 6.5 microns.

### Claim 10

An orthopaedic prosthesis, comprising:
a tibial tray including a distal surface and an opening is defined in the distal surface,
wherein the tibial tray includes an inner wall extending inwardly from the opening to an intermediate wall to define a first pocket in the tibial tray,
wherein the intermediate wall includes a plurality of second openings, and a rim wall extends inwardly from each second opening to a base wall to define a plurality of inner pockets in the tibial tray, each inner pocket including a central recess and an undercut channel, and
wherein the distal surface and the intermediate wall have a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 3.5 microns to 6.5 microns,
wherein each inner pocket has an inner peripheral edge that is defined by an imaginary line on its rim wall, the inner peripheral edge having a peripheral edge length, the tibial tray has a total peripheral edge length that is equal to the sum of the peripheral edge lengths of the plurality of inner pockets, and the tibial tray has a total opening surface area that is equal to the sum of the surface areas of the narrowest openings of the plurality of inner pockets, and
wherein a ratio of the total peripheral edge length to the total opening surface area is in a range of 0.31 to 0.46.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 10, further comprising:
an insert component having a pair of concave curved surfaces configured to articulate with corresponding convex curves surfaces of a femoral component,
wherein the tibial tray includes a proximal buttress configured to engage the insert component.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 10, wherein the tibial tray includes an elongated stem and a pair of keels extending from the distal surface.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 12, wherein:
a first keel of the pair of keels is positioned between a first anterior inner pocket and a first posterior inner pocket of the plurality of inner pockets, and
a second keel of the pair of keels is positioned between a second anterior inner pocket and a second posterior inner pocket of the plurality of inner pockets.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 13, wherein each of the first anterior inner pocket and the second anterior inner pocket is larger than either of the first and second posterior inner pockets.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of each base wall has a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 3.5 microns to 6.5 microns.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 10, wherein each rim wall includes a convex distal surface and a concave proximal surface that cooperate to define the undercut channel.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The orthopaedic prosthesis of claim 10, wherein the distal surface and the intermediate wall have a surface roughness (Ra) of less than or equal to 6.5 microns.