# US 5,702,459 A · Trochlea implant for a femoro-patellar prosthesis

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- Number: US 5,702,459 A
- Document ID: US5702459A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/438,005
- Filed: 1995-05-09
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1994-05-13
- Assignees: Smith & Nephew Richards France
- Inventors: Jacques Hummer; Michel Dive; Michel Lauren.cedilla.on; Jacques Clauze
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702459A

## CPC

- A61F 2/3877: {Patellae or trochleae}
- A61B 17/1764: {for the knee}
- A61B 17/1675: {for the knee}
- A61B 2017/1602: {Mills}
- 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

A trochlea implant for a femoro-patellar prosthesis, the implant being L-shaped, comprising a trochlea branch and an inter-condyle branch, the posterior face of the implant including a rectangular longitudinal rib designed to be engaged in a groove of corresponding shape machined in the anterior face of the trochlea to improve the stability of the prosthesis.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A trochlea implant for a femoro-patellar prosthesis, the implant being substantially L-shaped and comprising an upper trochlea branch and a lower intercondyle branch, said upper and lower branches being at an obtuse angle to each other in a sagittal plane, the implant having a curved anterior face for receiving a patellar element and a posterior face for applying against and fixing to a distal end of a femur, the anterior face of the implant having a convex shape in said sagittal plane and a concave shape with a circular cross-section in a transverse plane perpendicular to the sagittal plane, the posterior face of the implant having a convex cross-section in the form of a circular arch in a transverse plane perpendicular to the sagittal plane, the posterior face of the upper branch of the implant further comprising a projecting longitudinal rectilinear rib adapted to be engaged in a groove of corresponding shape machined in the trochlea.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, wherein said longitudinal rib has a rectangular cross-section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, wherein the convex cross-section of the posterior face has a ratio of curvature less than that of the concave cross-section of the anterior face.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, wherein said obtuse angle between the upper and lower branches is equal to about 115.degree..

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, wherein said upper branch has a length dimension, and said longitudinal rib extends over the entire length of the upper branch.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, including anchor pegs on said longitudinal rib and extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal rib.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An implant according to claim 1, wherein said upper branch has lateral and medial side edges, and the lateral side edge of the upper branch is higher than the medial edge of said upper branch.