US 2014/0277537 A1 · PROSTHETIC KNEE IMPLANT

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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Dependent claims

A prosthetic knee implant, comprising:

a femoral component having a femur-contacting surface, an opposing articulation surface, and proximal, distal, anterior and posterior portions, the femoral component including:
a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, each of the condyles defining respective distal-most points and having substantially equal widths, as measured from a condyle medial side to a condyle lateral side and proximate the distal portion,
the width of each of the condyles defining respective condyle midpoints halfway between the condyle medial sides and the condyle lateral sides, the distal-most points located laterally from the midpoints;
and
a trochlear groove, proximate the anterior portion, defining 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Prosthetic knee implant

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