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US 11,160,659 · App. 16/352,287 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Prosthesis system including tibial bearing component

Inventors: Nick Drury (Warsaw, IN); Jeff Blaylock (Fort Wayne, IN); Stephen E. White (Fort Wayne, IN); Calie B. Grey (Warsaw, IN)
Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
A61F2/389A61F2/28A61F2/38A61F2002/30934
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,160,659
App. No.
16/352,287
Filed
Mar 13, 2019
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3774
USPC
623/20.32
Abstract

According to one example, a tibial bearing component for articulation with a medial condyle and a lateral condyle of a femoral component in a knee replacement procedure is disclosed. The tibial bearing component can include a distal surface and an articular surface opposing the distal surface. The articular surface can include a medial compartment and a lateral compartment configured for articulation with the medial condyle and the lateral condyle of the femoral component, respectively. The lateral compartment can have a lateral articular track with a lateral anterior-posterior extent. The lateral articular track can comprise a plurality of distal-most points along a proximal surface of the lateral compartment that are contacted by the lateral condyle during rollback of the femoral component. The medial compartment can differ in configuration from the lateral compartment and can have an anterior lip height of between about 9 mm and about 13 mm.

Claims (27)

1. A system for knee arthroplasty comprising:

a family of femoral components having at least twelve different stock sizes, each of the femoral components including a medial condyle and a lateral condyle;

a family of tibial components having at least nine different stock sizes; and

a family of tibial bearing components having at least eleven different stock sizes, each of the tibial bearing components including:

a distal surface; and

an articular surface opposing the distal surface, the articular surface including a medial compartment and a lateral compartment configured for articulation with the medial condyle and the lateral condyle of the femoral component, respectively;

the family of tibial bearing components are configured such that twenty four combinations of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the family of tibial bearing components are compatible for operable use with the at least twelve different stock sizes of the family of femoral components and the at least nine different stock sizes of the family of tibial components.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the family of femoral components and the family of tibial bearing components are configured such that between 31% and 63% of an overall surface area of the medial compartment is contacted by the medial condyle of the femoral component with the femoral component in 0° flexion.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medial compartment is configured to have between a 1:1 congruence ratio and a 1.1:1 congruence ratio with the medial condyle, the congruence ratio comprising a ratio of the similarity between a sagittal radius of the medial compartment and a sagittal radius of the medial condyle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medial compartment is configured to have a medial dwell point a distance between 61% and 66% of a total anterior-posterior extent of the tibial bearing component as measured from an anterior most point to a posterior most point of the tibial bearing component.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein ten of the at least twelve different stock sizes of the family of femoral components are compatible for operable use with ten of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the family of tibial bearing components.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein eight of the at least twelve different stock sizes of the family of femoral components are compatible for operable use with six of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the family of tibial bearing components.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein nine out of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the family of tibial bearing components are compatible with no more than two of the at least twelve stock sizes of the family of femoral components, and no more than four of the at least twelve different stock sizes of the family of femoral components are compatible for operable use with two of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the tibial bearing components.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medial compartment has an anterior lip height of between 9 mm and 13 mm as measured from a dwell point of the medial compartment to a, proximal most point of the medial compartment.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medial compartment has a medial articular track having a medial anterior-posterior extent that differs from a lateral anterior-posterior extent, the medial articular track comprising a plurality of distal-most points along a proximal surface of the medial compartment that are contacted by the medial femoral condyle during rollback of the femoral component, wherein the medial compartment defines the medial articular track as a nominally straight line when projected onto the transverse plane of the bearing component and the medial articular track has a single sagittal radius.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the medial compartment is configured to have a medial dwell point a distance between 61% and 66% of a total anterior-posterior extent of the tibial bearing component as measured from an anterior most point to a posterior most point of the tibial bearing component.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lateral compartment has an anterior portion and a posterior portion, the anterior portion defines the lateral articular track as a nominally straight line when projected onto a transverse plane of the tibial bearing component, the posterior portion defines the lateral articular track with a curved line toward the medial compartment when projected onto the transverse plane of the tibial bearing component.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the lateral compartment has a first sagittal radius in the anterior portion and a second sagittal radius in the posterior portion.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lateral compartment is configured to have a lateral dwell point a distance between 65% and 69% of a total anterior-posterior extent of the tibial bearing component as measured from an anterior most point to a posterior most point of the tibial bearing component.

14. A system for knee arthroplasty comprising:

a family of femoral components having at least twelve different stock sizes, each of the femoral components including a medial condyle and a lateral condyle; and

a family of tibial bearing components having at least eleven different stock sizes, each of the tibial bearing components including:

a distal surface; and

an articular surface opposing the distal surface, the articular surface including a medial compartment and a lateral compartment configured for articulation with the medial condyle and the lateral condyle of the femoral component, respectively;

wherein eight of the at least twelve different stock sizes of the family of femoral components are compatible for operable use with six of the at least eleven different stock sizes of the family of tibial bearing components.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the family of femoral components and the family of tibial bearing components are configured such that between 31% and 63% of an overall surface area of the medial compartment is contacted by the medial condyle of the femoral component with the femoral component in 0° flexion.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the medial compartment is configured to have a medial dwell point a distance between 61% and 66% of a total anterior-posterior extent of the tibial bearing component as measured from an anterior most point to a posterior most point of the tibial bearing component.

Continuity (4)
Division 15267793 · Sep 16, 2016
Provisional Application 62221461 · Sep 21, 2015
Provisional Application 62309046 · Mar 16, 2016
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