Patents Assigned to Bruno E. Gerber
  • Patent number: 5755802
    Abstract: Knee-joint endoprosthesis with a femoral part (10), a tibial part (11), and a bearing element (12) made of plastic, in particular polyethylene, disposed between the femoral and tibial parts, wherein the bearing element (12) is slidably supported on a spherically concave bearing surface (20) of the tibial part (11), which faces the femoral part (10). Above the tibial bearing surface (20) projects a peglike or rodlike stopping device (21), which enters an elongated opening (22) in the supporting and sliding surface (32) of the bearing element (12) that faces the tibial bearing surface (20), in such a way that the bearing element (12) can rotate on the tibial bearing surface (20) and also, to a limited degree, be displaced longitudinally in the plane of knee flexion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Bruno E. Gerber
    Inventor: Bruno E. Gerber