Patents Assigned to Corentec Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11779357
    Abstract: A detector for use in artificial joint replacement includes a rotation detection apparatus and a pressure detection apparatus and is inserted between implant trials to allow numerical verification for medial and lateral balance of forces and a rotation state of the trials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oui-Sik Yoo, Chan-Eol Kim
  • Patent number: 11744599
    Abstract: A smart surgical instrument for artificial joint replacement includes a femur resection device, a tibia resection device, and a detector having a shape corresponding to the resected surfaces of a femur and a tibia. The femur resection device includes a laser device such that the femur resection device can be aligned for resection of the femur without drilling an intramedullary hole, thereby preventing complications attributable to the intramedullary hole. The tibia resection device includes a laser device, thereby enabling an easy and fast surgical operation without using an extramedullary aligner used for alignment of a tibia during resection of the tibia. The detector includes a rotation detection means and a pressure detection means and is inserted between trials to allow numerical verification for medial and lateral balance of forces and a rotation state of the trials. The surgical instrument enables a precise, accurate, easy, and fast surgical operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Corentec Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Oui-Sik Yoo, Chan-Eol Kim
  • Patent number: 11690727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial ankle joint tibial component and, more particularly, to an artificial ankle joint tibial component of an implant that is implanted into a body, the implant including: a body part having a contact surface in contact with a resected surface of a distal end of a tibia of a joint and a joint surface facing a joint; and a fixing part formed to extend a predetermined length upwards from the contact surface, wherein the fixing part is configured as a single body formed to extent a predetermined length upwards from the center in the front area of the contact surface and includes a wing extending to one side, and wherein the wing includes at least one posterior wing that extends at a predetermined angle relative to an AP line, thereby preventing stress from being concentrated on one wing to avoid a fracture thereof and increasing the contact area between a bone and an implant to strengthen fixing force, prevent rotation, and disperse stress, so that bone resorption aroun
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: CORENTEC CO., LTD., CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keun-Bae Lee, Tae-Jin Shin
  • Patent number: 11576688
    Abstract: A tibial alignment device includes an upper part for coupling with a tibial cutting guide and a lower part coupled to the upper part to be vertically slidable, wherein the upper part includes a cutting guide coupling part configured to mount the tibial cutting guide, and a connection part to connect the upper part and the lower part, and the lower part includes an ankle forceps part, wherein the cutting guide coupling part includes a fastening member for coupling to the tibial cutting guide, and a reception member to slidably receive the fastening member, wherein the fastening member includes a coupling part that protrudes to be coupled to the tibial cutting guide, the reception member includes a coupling part that protrudes to be coupled to the tibial cutting guide, and the coupling part of the fastening member is capable of adjusting a gap with respect to the coupling part of the reception member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 11266509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a knee joint augment having an anatomical shape. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a knee joint augment that is used for artificial joint replacement to replace lost bone, wherein the augment is used in artificial knee replacement surgery to be coupled to a knee implant. The augment includes a top surface configured to be brought into contact with a distal surface of a base plate that forms the body of a tibia element and a bottom surface configured to be brought into contact with a cut surface of a tibia. The bottom surface has an area smaller than that of the top surface, and has a tapered shape that narrows from the top to the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Eol Kim, Sang-Gil Lee, Young-Woong Jang, Oui-Sik Yoo, Seok-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 11207198
    Abstract: A knee trial which is coupled to identify the mobility of an implant before the implant is implanted by total knee arthroplasty, and more particularly, a detachable knee trial which includes a plate trial, an insert trial, and an adapter for easy attachment and detachment of the two trials, wherein the adapter includes an elastic member on one side thereof to firmly couple the two trials by pressing the plate trial and the insert trial with opposite ends of the elastic member and to alleviate the burdens of an operator and a patient by allowing the adapter to be attached and detached even only with a simple operation of pressing the adapter and compressing the elastic member by a hand and promptly and precisely performing an operation of selecting an implant of a suitable size while applying various trials in the total knee arthroplasty process and shortening surgery time, alleviating the burdens of a surgeon and a patient, and wherein one side of the adapter is formed of plastic, making it possible to couple
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hun Oh, Chan-Eol Kim, Seok-Joo Kim, Oui-Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 11202714
    Abstract: A baseplate trial holding apparatus which holds a baseplate trial disposed in a proximal tibia during total knee arthroplasty or revision total knee arthroplasty, and includes a keel location setting part for setting an insertion location of a keel punch, and a knee joint implant surgical instrument set including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hun Oh, Chan-Eol Kim, Seok-Joo Kim, Oui-Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 11172944
    Abstract: A smart surgical instrument for artificial joint replacement includes a femur resection device, a tibia resection device, and a detector having a shape corresponding to the resected surfaces of a femur and a tibia. The femur resection device includes a laser device such that the femur resection device can be aligned for resection of the femur without drilling an intramedullary hole, thereby preventing complications attributable to the intramedullary hole. The tibia resection device includes a laser device, thereby enabling an easy and fast surgical operation without using an extramedullary aligner used for alignment of a tibia during resection of the tibia. The detector includes a rotation detection means and a pressure detection means and is inserted between trials to allow numerical verification for medial and lateral balance of forces and a rotation state of the trials. The surgical instrument enables a precise, accurate, easy, and fast surgical operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oui-Sik Yoo, Chan-Eol Kim
  • Patent number: 11129625
    Abstract: A patient-customized surgical instrument used to form a surgical site in a tibia for implantation of an implant into the tibia, and a surgical module using the same. A body part is coupled to the tibia to surround a portion of the tibia. A cutting-member insertion window is formed through a side of the body part to receive a cutting member that is inserted to form a cutting plane of the tibia. A position setting hole is formed through the upper side of the body part to receive and guide a post recess forming member that is used to form a post recess in the tibia. A post of the tibia element is received in the post recess. A surgical site can be accurately and easily formed in a damaged tibia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eun-Kyoo Song, Jong-Keun Seon, Jung-Sung Kim, Jun-Kyu Park, Jae-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11090164
    Abstract: A knee joint implant is capable of resolving issues of conventional cementless or uncemented implants. The knee joint implant improves fixing force of the implant in a vertical direction and provides improved initial fixation for the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter F. Sharkey, Javad Parvizi
  • Patent number: 11033397
    Abstract: An artificial knee joint includes a tibial component implanted into the proximal end of a tibia, and a bearing component coupled to the tibial component, in which the tibial component includes an interference prevention portion capable of preventing interference with the bearing component when the bearing component is inserted diagonally and the bearing component includes a protrusion coupled to the interference prevention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Woong Jang, Chan-Eol Kim, Jae-Hun Ro, Ah-Reum Han, Myung-Chul Lee, Yong In, Seung-Beon Han
  • Patent number: 10959850
    Abstract: An implant having a porous layer and a molding method thereof includes: a substrate having a bone contact surface being in part in direct contact with a bone of a patient; a porous layer having a void inside; a connecting layer disposed between the bone contact surface and the porous layer to attach the bone contact surface to the porous layer; and a rib detachably coupled to the porous layer, wherein the connecting layer includes at least one constituent component identical to one of constituent components in the bone contact surface to be integrated into the porous layer and the bone contact surface, thereby firmly attaching the porous layer to the bone contact surface. Accordingly, bonding of dissimilar metals is facilitated by inducing the attachment of the bone contact surface of the implant to the porous layer having a void inside, formed by dissimilar metals, through the connecting layer including at least one constituent component identical to one of constituent components of the bone contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Goon-Hee Lee, Oui-Sik Yoo, Young-Woong Jang
  • Patent number: 10912574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupler assembly for a tibial cutting guide, the assembly including an aligning coupler having a first side coupled to an aligning member by sliding and a second side slid in an adaptor groove of the tibial cutting guide, and a handle slidably coupled to the aligning coupler. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coupler assembly for a tibial cutting guide, the assembly enabling an aligner and a cutting guide to be easily coupled and decoupled through an adaptor without specific operation because when the handle is slid to the cutting guide, the handle is fixed to the cutting guide, and the cutting guide and the adaptor are locked, and when the handle is slid in the opposite direction from the cutting guide, the handle is separated from the cutting guide, and the cutting guide and the adaptor are unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Joo Kim, Oui-Sik Yoo, Chan-Eol Kim, Seung-Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 10893942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant playing a role as a joint in coupling a revision implant in revision total knee arthroplasty and, more specifically, to an offset adapter unit comprising an adapter which couples a femoral member or a tibial member to a stem member in revision total knee arthroplasty; and a nut coupled to the adapter, thereby improving the strength by considering fracture occurring in the narrowest area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-Hun Sun, Goon-Hee Lee, Oui-Sik Yoo, Jung-Woo Seo, Yeo-Kyung Kang
  • Patent number: 10893946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asymmetric artificial knee joint that includes a bearing member having a medial sulcus and a lateral sulcus, and a femoral component having a medial condyle and a lateral condyle and disposed on the bearing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-Hun Sun, Jung-Woo Seo, Oui-Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 10779950
    Abstract: A knee joint implant that prevents hyperextension includes a femoral component having an anterior surface with reference to the lowermost point of a convex condyle, the anterior surface being configured to have different curvature radii in respective sections thereof, and a bearing component having an anterior surface with reference to the lowermost point of a concave articular surface, the anterior surface being configured to have different curvature radii in respective sections, so that when an extended knee is about to be hyperextended, the convex condyle of the femoral component slides toward the anterior side and is brought into contact with a plurality of points of the concave articular surface of the bearing component, thereby producing resistance so as to suppress hyperextension exceeding a design range due to behavioral habits, a decrease in muscle mass, and the like of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Corentec Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Woong Jang, Chan-Eol Kim, Jae-Hun Ro, Ah-Reum Han, Myung-Chul Lee, Yong In, Seung-Beon Han
  • Patent number: 10751189
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resection guide, a trial knee joint implant, and a surgical instrument for knee arthroplasty. The resection guide, the trial knee joint implant, and the surgical instrument enable implantation of an implant that provides improved vertical fixing force and initial fixing force as compared with an existing cementless or uncemented implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: CORENTEC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peter F. Sharkey, Javad Parvizi
  • Patent number: 10729550
    Abstract: An implant for an artificial hip joint and, more specifically, a dual mobility acetabular cup assembly for an artificial hip joint is configured to have improved locking mechanism between a liner and a shell and improved resistance to micromotion and to guide the liner into the shell with proper orientation by providing stable liner-shell fastening structure to the acetabular cup assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Peter F. Sharkey, Javad Parvizi
  • Patent number: 10660759
    Abstract: A set of surgical instruments for an artificial hip joint implant and, more specifically, a set of improved surgical instruments, can be used in direct anterior approach hip replacement surgery and are capable of minimizing damage, such as muscle damage, which may arise during surgery, by resolving problems that existing surgical instruments possess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter F. Sharkey, Javad Parvizi
  • Patent number: D1016322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kil Lee, Seong-Beom Jeon, Jae-Won Kim, Jung-Sung Kim