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Porous tibial implant

Granted 25 Oct 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · originally Stryker

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Inventors: Nicholas Nai Guang Dong, Robert W. Klein, Chau Ngo, Aiguo Wang +1 · Examiner: Charles D Hanson · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/709,776
filed 17 Oct 2019
Publication
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US D967960
granted 25 Oct 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a porous tibial implant according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof. The broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. The stippling on the surface represents a porous surface, and one that has a different surface texture from the non-stippled surfaces.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/155

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USUS-2014257507-A1A111 Sep 20147 Mar 2013publishedPartially porous bone implant keel
USUS-9949837-B2B224 Apr 20187 Mar 2013grantedPartially porous bone implant keel
USUS-2018200066-A1A119 Jul 201816 Mar 2018publishedPartially porous bone implant keel
USUS-2019314160-A1A117 Oct 20193 Jun 2019publishedPartially Porous Tibial Component
USthis patentUS-D967960-SS125 Oct 202217 Oct 2019grantedPorous tibial implant
USUS-11564801-B2B231 Jan 20233 Jun 2019grantedPartially porous tibial component
USUS-2023132015-A1A127 Apr 202322 Dec 2022publishedPartially Porous Tibial Component
USUS-2024293233-A1A15 Sep 20247 May 2024publishedMethod Of Manufacturing A Tibial Implant
USUS-2025073041-A1A16 Mar 202515 Nov 2024publishedMethod of manufacturing a tibial implant
USUS-12268609-B2B28 Apr 202515 Nov 2024grantedMethod of manufacturing a tibial implant
USUS-12279961-B2B222 Apr 20257 May 2024grantedMethod of manufacturing a tibial implant
USUS-2025152374-A1A115 May 202517 Jan 2025publishedPartially Porous Tibial Component
USUS-2025161060-A1A122 May 202517 Jan 2025publishedPartially Porous Tibial Component
USUS-12343261-B2B21 Jul 202517 Jan 2025grantedPartially porous tibial component
USUS-D1114258-SS117 Feb 202621 Oct 2022grantedPorous tibial implant
EPEP-2774580-A1A110 Sep 20147 Mar 2014publishedTeilweise poröses Knochenimplantat-Federelementde
EPEP-2774580-B1B126 Oct 20167 Mar 2014grantedQuille d'implant osseux partiellement poreuxfr

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