IP Library › Granted Patent US 1,114,258
Granted Patent S1
US 1,114,258 · App. 29/857,374 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Porous tibial implant

Inventors: Aiguo Wang (Wayne, NJ); Matthew P. Poggie (Montclair, NJ); Nicholas Nai Guang Dong (Little Falls, NJ); Robert W. Klein (Orangeburg, NY); Chau Ngo (Secaucus, NJ)
Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
A61F2/389A61F2/30767A61F2/30907A61F2/3877A61F2/461A61F2002/30011A61F2002/30179A61F2002/30322A61F2002/30451A61F2/30749A61F2002/30878A61F2002/30879A61F2002/30884A61F2002/30891A61F2002/30892A61F2002/3092A61F2002/3093A61F2/3094A61F2002/3097A61F2002/4619A61F2002/4641
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,114,258
App. No.
29/857,374
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a porous tibial implant, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: WANG, AIGUO; POGGIE, MATTHEW P.; DONG, NICHOLAS NAI GUANG; KLEIN, ROBERT W.; NGO, CHAU
To: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 061523/0549 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 29709776 · Oct 17, 2019
Continuation 15923517 · Mar 16, 2018
Continuation 13788442 · Mar 7, 2013
References Cited (287)
US 3064645A · Ficat et al. · 1962 [cited by applicant]
US 3605123A · Pratt et al. · 1971 [cited by applicant]
US 3808606A · Tronzo · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3855638A · Pilliar · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3906550A · Rostoker et al. · 1975 [cited by applicant]
US 4000525A · Klawitter et al. · 1977 [cited by applicant]
US 4073999A · Bryan et al. · 1978 [cited by applicant]
US 4156943A · Collier · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4179485A · Tritten · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4355428A · Deloison et al. · 1982 [cited by applicant]
US 4479271A · Bolesky et al. · 1984 [cited by applicant]
US 4501031A · McDaniel et al. · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4550448A · Kenna · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4644942A · Sump · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4743261A · Epinette · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4759767A · Lacey · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4808186A · Smith · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4851008A · Johnson · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4865603A · Noiles · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4874155A · Goul · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4883488A · Bloebaum et al. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4911720A · Collier · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4938769A · Shaw · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4944756A · Kenna · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4969907A · Koch et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4986834A · Smith et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 4997445A · Hodorek · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5002575A · Johnson · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5019103A · Van Zile et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5019104A · Whiteside et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5034186A · Shimamune et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5080674A · Jacobs et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5108434A · Ahrens et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5176710A · Hahn et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5192324A · Kenna · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5222983A · Schmitz et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5246530A · Bugle et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5258030A · Wolfarth et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5263986A · Noiles et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5271737A · Baldwin et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5275603A · Ferrante et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5336265A · Serbousek et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5358533A · Noiles et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5370698A · Heimke et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5397359A · Mittelmeier et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5405389A · Conta et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5413605A · Ashby et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5441537A · Kenna · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5466631A · Ichikawa et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5480443A · Elias · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5480444A · Incavo et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5480445A · Burkinshaw · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5487933A · White · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5489306A · Gorski · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5504300A · Devanathan et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5507815A · Wagner et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5521087A · Lee et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5534027A · Hodorek · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5571203A · Masini · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5580353A · Mendes et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5607480A · Beaty · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5609641A · Johnson et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5645593A · Woods et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5658334A · Caldarise et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5658352A · Draenert · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5665118A · LaSalle et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5672284A · Devanathan et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5687788A · Caldarise et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5700688A · Lee et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5702459A · Hummer et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5713410A · LaSalle et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5716412A · DeCarlo, Jr. et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5725594A · McTighe et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5725603A · Audousset et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5728159A · Stroever et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5824098A · Stein · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5824103A · Williams · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5826586A · Mishra et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5830215A · Incavo et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5897592A · Caldarise et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5989472A · Ashby et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6005164A · Johansson et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6008430A · White · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6008431A · Caldarise et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6008432A · Taylor · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6010336A · Shimotoso et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6022509A · Matthews et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6060640A · Pauley et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6087553A · Cohen et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6139581A · Engh et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6149689A · Grundei · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6179876B1 · Stamper et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6193761B1 · Treacy · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6203576B1 · Afriat et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6228091B1 · Lombardo et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6280478B1 · Richter et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6391059B1 · Lemperle et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6520964B2 · Tallarida et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6554867B1 · Joos · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6565575B2 · Lewis · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6582470B1 · Lee et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6592622B1 · Ferguson · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6599322B1 · Amrich et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6616696B1 · Merchant · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6652588B2 · Hayes, Jr. et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6679917B2 · Ek · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6740092B2 · Lombardo et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6797006B2 · Hodorek · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6800094B2 · Burkinshaw · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6855150B1 · Linehan · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6905513B1 · Metzger · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6913623B1 · Zhu · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6974481B1 · Carson · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 7001394B2 · Gundlapalli et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7001672B2 · Justin et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7018418B2 · Amrich et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7070623B2 · Hunter et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7189262B2 · Hayes, Jr. et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7241313B2 · Unwin et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7255715B2 · Metzger · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7258810B2 · Hunter et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7291169B2 · Hodorek · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7320709B2 · Felt et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7357817B2 · D'Alessio, II · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7387846B2 · Redepenning · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7393342B2 · Henniges et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7431734B2 · Danoff et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7507256B2 · Heck et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7513912B2 · Hayes, Jr. et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7537664B2 · O'Neill et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7544209B2 · Lotke · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7578850B2 · Kuczynski et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7582117B2 · Hunter et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7582118B2 · Brown et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7597715B2 · Brown et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7713307B1 · Hall et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7771483B2 · Justin et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7829433B2 · Yamazaki · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7833274B2 · Popoola et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7842093B2 · Peters et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7896922B2 · Engh et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7896923B2 · Blackwell et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7927336B2 · Rasmussen · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7988736B2 · May et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8206450B2 · Henry et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8317871B2 · Stone et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8403994B2 · Maloney · 2013 [cited by examiner]
US 8454705B2 · Pressacco et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8556972B2 · Gordon et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8632600B2 · Zannis et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8715359B2 · Deffenbaugh et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8728167B2 · Collazo · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8828311B2 · Medina et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8936645B1 · Masson · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9101476B2 · Deruntz et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9237950B2 · Hensley et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9278003B2 · Deffenbaugh et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9636229B2 · Lang et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9801974B2 · Landon · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 10034756B2 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10231840B2 · Servidio · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US D856518S · Dacus · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 10433964B2 · Wainscott et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10779951B2 · Kemp et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D905246S · Irwin · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 11013607B2 · Pak et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11076962B2 · Kemp et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11213397B2 · Wainscott et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20010011190A1 · Park · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20020102857A1 · Sato · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020120336A1 · Santilli · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020153348A1 · Say et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020161448A1 · Hayes, Jr. et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020183845A1 · Mansmann · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20030028254A1 · Hunter et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030033020A1 · Hunter et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030045941A1 · Lewallen · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030065401A1 · Amrich et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030083751A1 · Tornier · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030120346A1 · Mercinek et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030135282A1 · Anitua · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030171820A1 · Wilshaw et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030176921A1 · Lawson · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030181984A1 · Abendschein · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030220696A1 · Levine et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20040133283A1 · Shetty · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040143337A1 · Burkinshaw · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040143338A1 · Burkinshaw et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040148026A1 · Bonutti · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040162619A1 · Blaylock et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040167633A1 · Wen et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040199250A1 · Fell · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040236424A1 · Berez et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040243237A1 · Unwin et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040260396A1 · Ferree et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040267371A1 · Hayes et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20050015153A1 · Goble et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050084407A1 · Myrick · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050112397A1 · Rolfe et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050123672A1 · Justin et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050125068A1 · Hozack · 2005 [cited by examiner]
US 20050177242A1 · Lotke · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050196934A1 · Tazoe et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050249625A1 · Bram et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20060004466A1 · Glocker et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060052875A1 · Bernero et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060116682A1 · Longo · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060122708A1 · Nakamura et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060142869A1 · Gross · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060147332A1 · Jones et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060149391A1 · Opie et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060161263A1 · Sul · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060229715A1 · Istephanous et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070065779A1 · Mangano · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070100461A1 · Incavo et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070129808A1 · Justin et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070142914A1 · Jones et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070179607A1 · Hodorek et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070203582A1 · Campbell · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070255412A1 · Hajaj et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070287027A1 · Justin et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070288021A1 · Rickels et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070299528A9 · Lotke · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080004709A1 · O'Neill et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080021566A1 · Peters et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080081007A1 · Steele et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080119941A1 · Seo · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20080133020A1 · Blackwell et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080183291A1 · Scheller et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080188942A1 · Brown et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080269893A1 · Bhatnagar et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20090048660A1 · Adden · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090084491A1 · Uthgenannt et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090093881A1 · Bandyopadhyay et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090187256A1 · Rauguth et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090228114A1 · Clark et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090265011A1 · Mandell · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090265012A1 · Engh et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090270998A1 · Kokubo et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090292365A1 · Smith et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090326660A1 · Abendschein · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090326671A1 · Schofield · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090326674A1 · Liu et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100010638A1 · Jones et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100057211A1 · Cuckler et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100076501A1 · Hacking et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100076566A1 · Serafin, Jr. et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100100190A1 · May et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100100191A1 · May et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100131071A1 · O'Connor · 2010 [cited by examiner]
US 20100179662A1 · Verne et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100256773A1 · Thijs et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100291286A1 · O'Neill et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100298947A1 · Unger · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100305708A1 · Lang et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20110004315A1 · Muratoglu et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110009974A1 · Blaylock et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110014081A1 · Jones et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110015749A1 · Engh et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110015750A1 · Popoola et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110022180A1 · Melkent et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110022181A1 · Kasahara et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110029092A1 · Deruntz et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110035017A1 · Deffenbaugh et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110035018A1 · Deffenbaugh et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110071635A1 · Zhang et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110270404A1 · Khan et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120191200A1 · Choren · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120253474A1 · Klein et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120296436A1 · Klawitter et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120330429A1 · Axelson, Jr. et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20130006354A1 · Pressacco · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20130204384A1 · Hensley et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20130245777A1 · Jerry · 2013 [cited by examiner]
US 20140039621A1 · Gordon et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20180271668A1 · Kemp et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180296351A1 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180333267A1 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180344468A1 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180344469A1 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180353300A1 · Landon · 2018 [cited by applicant]
EP 0761242A1 · 1997 [cited by applicant]
JP 2001087292A · 2001 [cited by applicant]
WO 0217820A1 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
WO 2011056422A1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
Extended European Search Report for Application No. EP14158287 dated Jun. 4, 2014. [cited by applicant]
Petrovic, et al., “Additive Manufacturing Solutions for Improved Medical Implants”, InBiomedicine, Mar. 2012, 36 pages. [cited by applicant]