Low profile knee implant
AssigneePhantom Orthopedics, LLC
InventorShawn C. Ell
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Abstract
A femoral implant for use as a component of an artificial knee having a thin, lightweight body with an articulating surface and an interior surface, the interior surface having one or more reinforcing members extending therefrom and extending across a substantial portion of said surface.
Claims12
A femoral implant for use as a component of an artificial knee, said implant defining an articular surface and an interior surface, said interior surface being configured to be affixable to a human distal femur, said interior surface having one or more reinforcing members protruding therefrom and extending across a substantial portion of said surface.
A method of installing a femoral component of an artificial knee, comprising:
- a) providing a femoral implant for use in an artificial knee, said implant defining an articular surface and an interior surface, said interior surface being configured to be affixed to a human distal femur, wherein said interior surface has two or more reinforcing members protruding therefrom and extending across a substantial portion of said implant,
- b) cutting notches in a femur, said notches being configured to interdigitate with said reinforcing members, and
- c) affixing said implant to said femur at least in part by inserting said reinforcing members into said notches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.