Patents by Inventor Christel M. Klebba

Christel M. Klebba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Prosthetic tibial component with modular sleeve
    Patent number: 7291174
    Abstract: A prosthetic knee system has a tibial component and a modular sleeve. The tibial component has a tibial tray, a stem and keels extending between the distal surface of the tray and the stem. The modular sleeve has an oval proximal surface with spaced reliefs. The reliefs and keels are sized, shaped and positioned to allow the modular sleeve to be mounted on the tibial component with the stem of the tibial component received in the interior channel of the sleeve and the keels of the tibial component received in the spaced reliefs of the modular sleeve, and to allow for some relative rotation between the tibial component and the sleeve. The system gives the surgeon the freedom to implant the tibial component alone, with the keels providing stability, or, in the case of bone deficiency, to implant the tibial component and sleeve as an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Depuy Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah S. German, Todd D. Durniak, Danny W. Rumple, Christel M. Klebba
  • Prosthetic tibial component with modular sleeve
    Publication number: 20040049286
    Abstract: A prosthetic knee system has a tibial component and a modular sleeve. The tibial component has a tibial tray, a stem and keels extending between the distal surface of the tray and the stem. The modular sleeve has an oval proximal surface with spaced reliefs. The reliefs and keels are sized, shaped and positioned to allow the modular sleeve to be mounted on the tibial component with the stem of the tibial component received in the interior channel of the sleeve and the keels of the tibial component received in the spaced reliefs of the modular sleeve, and to allow for some relative rotation between the tibial component and the sleeve. The system gives the surgeon the freedom to implant the tibial component alone, with the keels providing stability, or, in the case of bone deficiency, to implant the tibial component and sleeve as an assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Beborah S. German, Todd D. Durniak, Danny W. Rumple, Christel M. Klebba