Artificial knee joint
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Sep 27, 2016
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Jan 15, 2015
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Mar 27, 2009
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Mar 27, 2009
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An artificial knee joint (1) is described and comprises a femoral component (10) and a tibial component (30), for attachment to the femur (2) and tibia (3) of a patient (4) respectively. The femoral component (10) comprises a lateral condyle (11) and a medial condyle (12) which extend from the posterior (13) to the anterior (14) of the femoral component (10). A femoral gap (15) is provided between the lateral (11) and medial (12) condyles extending from the posterior (13) toward the anterior (14) of the femoral component (10). The lateral (11) and medial (12) condyles are joined at the anterior (13) of the femoral component (10) to form a patella tracking path or bearing surface (16) which is located at and forms the anterior end of the gap (17). A femoral cam (18) is provided bridging the posterior ends of both the lateral (11) and medial (12) condyles, and forms a posterior end of the gap (19), wherein the femoral cam (18) is structured to have the shape of a section of a ring (20). The tibial component (30) is provided with two approximately symmetric articulation bearing surfaces (31, 32) either side of a central post (33), wherein the articulation bearing surfaces (31, 32) are for receiving the lateral (11) and medial (12) condyles of the femoral component (10), and the post (33) is shaped such that it will fit within the femoral gap (15).
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