Implant device and method for manufacture

a manufacturing method and implant technology, applied in the field of joint implants, can solve the problems of loss of bone stock, increased manufacturing costs, and increased manufacturing costs, and achieve the effects of reducing the risk of fracture, reducing the quality of bone stock, and increasing the cost of joint implants
US20130245803A1Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-19CONFORMIS
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US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
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CONFORMIS
Publication Date
2013-09-19
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A knee implant includes a femoral component having first and second femoral component surfaces. The first femoral component surface is for securing to a surgically prepared compartment of a distal end of a femur. The second femoral component surface is configured to replicate the femoral condyle. The knee implant further includes a tibial component having first and second tibial component surfaces. The first tibial component surface is for contacting a proximal surface of the tibia that is substantially uncut subchondral bone. At least a portion of the first tibial component surface is a mirror image of the proximal tibial surface. The second tibial component surface articulates with the second femoral component surface.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 031,239 filed Feb. 14, 2008, entitled “Method for Implant Manufacture,” which in turn claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to copending U.S. Application No. 60 / 889,859, filed on Feb. 14, 2007, entitled “Implant Device and Method for Manufacture.”

[0002] U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 031,239 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 681,749 filed Oct. 7, 2003, entitled “Minimally Invasive Joint Implant with 3-Dimensional Geometry Matching the Articular Surfaces”, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Application 60 / 416,601 filed Oct. 7, 2002, entitled “Minimally Invasive Joint Implant With 3-Dimensional Geometry Matching the Articular Surfaces,” and U.S. Application 60 / 467,686 filed May 2, 2003, entitled “Joint Implants”.

[0003] U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 031,239 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 997,407 filed ...

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