CA2117039A1 - Plastic knee femoral implants - Google Patents
Plastic knee femoral implantsInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2/38—Joints for elbows or knees
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2/30767—Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2/3094—Designing or manufacturing processes
- A61F2/30965—Reinforcing the prosthesis by embedding particles or fibres during moulding or dipping
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2/38—Joints for elbows or knees
- A61F2/3877—Patellae or trochleae
Abstract
ABSTRACT
PLASTIC KNEE FEMORAL IMPLANTS
A knee prosthesis includes plastic femoral and metallic (or ceramic) tibial components. The plastic femoral knee component articulates against a polished metal (e.g. cobalt alloy, titanium alloy, or stainless steel), or preferably ceramic (e.g. alumina, zirconia, nitride, or boride) patella and tibial components in a total knee implant. The polymer femoral material can be of a polymer such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, or a polymer blend or a fiber or particle reinforced polymer, or layered polymers.
PLASTIC KNEE FEMORAL IMPLANTS
A knee prosthesis includes plastic femoral and metallic (or ceramic) tibial components. The plastic femoral knee component articulates against a polished metal (e.g. cobalt alloy, titanium alloy, or stainless steel), or preferably ceramic (e.g. alumina, zirconia, nitride, or boride) patella and tibial components in a total knee implant. The polymer femoral material can be of a polymer such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, or a polymer blend or a fiber or particle reinforced polymer, or layered polymers.
Description
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The present invention relates to surgical prosthetic devices .~ and more particularly to an improved orthopedic knee implant thatincludes a polymeric femoral component, preferably of an ultra high ; molecular weight polymeric material that articulates against metallic (or ceramic or ceramic coated metal) patella and tibia components.
About ten years ago, total knee arthroplasty became a popular and routinely accepted treatment for arthritic and other diseases of the knee. During this period of time and before, various combinations of articulating materials were tried with varying degrees of success. -Polyacetyl type of polymeric material has been used for the femoral ~, surface and articulating against another polymeric material (e.e.teflon) on the tibial surface. Polymer-polymer articulation has been tested but produced excessive wear. The most widely accepted 3 combination used at present is a metal femoral surface articulating against polymer tibial and patella surfaces.
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As the nature of the complex knee joint articulation became better understood, the system most widely used today, a cobalt alloy ~:
femoral surface and an Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) tibial and patella surface became the standard.
However, bioengineers, surgeons, and other scientists are still iearning more about the performance of this knee system as sufficient numbers of patients are just now reaching more than ten years postop. In the past five years or so the medical community has come -to appreciate the adverse effect of UHMWPE wear debris and its ability in sufficient volume to produce bone Iysis and thus revision of the implant.
The most prevalent source of UHMWPE wear debris results -from relatively rapid (compared to the tibial surface~ wear of the --UHMWPE patella surface. If the patella has a metal backing, this backing can eventually wear against the metal femoral surface following excessive polyethylene wear, and further aggravate the wear process and accelerate the adverse consequences via production of metal and UHMWPE debris.
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Tibial wear of the UHMWPE has also been observed. Thinner UHMWPE surfaces on the tibia may allow eventual wear through to the underlying metal. Thicker tibial UHMWPE surfaces are desired but at the expense of excessive resection of the bone (tibia) during surgery. In just the past few years, the benefit of ceramic-UHMWPE
wear combinations in the total hip joint and in laboratory tests have shown this wear combination to reduce friction and UHMWPE wear.
Knee simulator tests in Japan have shown this to also be the case for monolithic ceramic knee femoral components articulating against UHMWPE.
Although the ceramic femoral surfaces show a clear advantage 7 over cobalt alloy femoral surfaces in reducing UHMWPE wear, the fact remains that both the UHMWPE tibia and particularly the UHMWPE patella component (roughly twice the contact stress of the tibial surface) still wear at a finite rate. Alternative attempts to minimize UHMWPE tibial wear include the use of movable tibial segments s~ch as in meniscal bearing total knee designs.
In all the currently available total knee systems both tibial and patella wear of the UHMWPE material occurs against the polished metal femoral surface. During wear of the knee, it is the UHMWPE
which undergoes wear in a constant area, such as the domed patella surface, or in a relatively constant area such as in the tibial surface.
That is, the wear of the UHMWPE is not minimized because a particular region(s~ of the UHMWPE remains in contact with the mating metal surface during relative motion (sliding distance) of the metal surface; The wear factor K, of UHMWPE articulation against polished metal implant surfaces is the volume (mm3) of UHMWPE per unit stress and sliding distance. Thus, for a given load (contact stress), reducing the sliding distance over which the metal surface rubs the UHMWPE will reduce the volume of UHMWPE wear debris.
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! -The use of both a polymer femoral and tibial and patella component does not eliminate this wear difference and, depending on the polymer combination, may actually increase wear dramatically.
An example of a patent relating to knee prosthetic devices is U.S. Patent 3,688,316 which describes a prosthetic knee joint in which the femoral component has a polymeric bearing surface and the tibial portion is made from metal. The prosthetic knee joint is ~ formed of a polymeric bearing member, with an upstanding shank J 10 received in the femoral shaft, and a metallic rocking member inserted .~ into the tibia. The rocking member having a stem with a disc below the bearing member abutting the tibia, is pivotally supported with the ;~ aid of a transverse pin in the bearing member which is partly out away at the rear to permit a relative swinging of the two members over an arc of about 120. The present invention does not describe such a constrained hinge-type knee and which does not consider critical wear issues associated with current total knee designs in which each of the three knee components is replaced with artificial materials.
U.S. patent 4,034,418 describes a prosthesis in which the femoral component members are formed from a hard plastic material and the tibial portion has a highly polished metal upper surface. The .
femoral component is in two pieces and not bridged. The artificial knee joint of the '418 patent is for surgical implantation into a knee - -and comprises at least one femoral component of hard plastic material and at least one tibial member having a highly polished metal upper surface. Each femoral member is received in a groove cut in the condyle of the femur, and its rear end face, constituting the inferior surface of the femoral member bears against the upper surface of the tibial member. The inferior surface is arcuate polycentered in the sagittal plane and arcuate in the coronal plane.
The superior surface of the femoral member has three different planar portions angularly disposed to one another, for load bearing purposes ~-7 ~ ~ 9 `~ 4 .:~ and three different angles of flexion of the knee. However, in this , ~ patent, the femoral component is not bridged nor does it describe a ~, total knee prosthesis in which the component replaces bone surFace ' ~ on the more wear-critical anterior portion of the knee femoral region.
. j 5 Further, this patent does not describe a total knee in which the patella ~:~ is replaced to articulate against the anterior portion of the femur as described in the present invention, and which is a critical wear region -~, as described earlier.
'1 U.S. patents 4,596,734 and 4,923,550 (both assigned to B.F.
., Goodrich) relate to forming a composite of a metal support, an elastomer and a hard wearing surface formed from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. U.S. patents 3,868,730, 4,268,920, and 4,355,429 relate to knee prostheses in which the tibial tray component holds a bearing surface formed from high molecular weight either metal or ceramics. This is in contrast to the present invention in which the knee femoral is described as made of a polymer surface (as opposed to metal or ceramic).
A more recent patent (U.S. No. 5,021,061) issued to Wevers and Rudan describes a polymer knee femoral insert component, but in which the femoral component portion articulating against the tibia (polyethylene) is metal. The polyethylene insert is fixed to the anterior region of the two-component knee femoral for articulation against the metal patella. The present invention describes a non-modular knee femoral of a suitable polymer bearing material to minimize wear of both the patella and tibial components, versus just the patella component as described in the Wevers and Rudan patent.
i A cemented polyethylene femoral component was manufactured several years ago. However, the anterior groove on the femoral component was a deep notch shape and not the shape of the natural femur in the r-gion. Further, this devlce was thin (less than about ; ~
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7 V ~ ~3 . ~ 5 . ~ 6mm) and simply cemented to the femur without any metal backing Thus, the combination of high contact stress within the anterior '~"-. shaped groove of the thin femoral component, and the inability for the . thin component to maintain proper rigidity resulted in unacceptable clinical results. The present invention describes a more naturally designed femoral and patella geometry, similar to that of the original, intact knee, and which is popular in design for the majority of total knee systems in the market today. Further, the minimum polymer bearing thickness is greater than about eight millimeters (8mm) to 7 10 assure proper rigidity and support, and to minimize contact stress in the polymer femoral component and thus minimize polymer wear.
By reversing the material used for the femoral component with that of the patella and tibial components, several advantages occur.
First, the wear volume wiil be less because the location of peak contact area (peak stress) of the UHMWPE (femoral surface) will vary during articulation. Therefore, the relative travel distance between the peak stress UHMWPE area and the harder counter bearing surface will be reduced. For example with the patella button made of UHMWPE, the particular high-stressed dome tip is under constant - -load as it travels roughly half an inch (under load) against a cobalt alloy femoral surface. However, if the patella button is metal or ceramic, and the femoral component is polyethylene, then the peak stress does not stay in the same UHMWPE location (now the femoral) 2~ during the same sequence of motion. Therefore the damage and wear of the UHMWPE for a given activity is spread out and reduced. ~ ~
Thus according to the invention we provide a total knee ~ -prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomicallyshaped, bicondylarpolymer ~ :~
femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
- PLASTIC KNEE FEMORAL IMPLANTS
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The present invention relates to surgical prosthetic devices .~ and more particularly to an improved orthopedic knee implant thatincludes a polymeric femoral component, preferably of an ultra high ; molecular weight polymeric material that articulates against metallic (or ceramic or ceramic coated metal) patella and tibia components.
About ten years ago, total knee arthroplasty became a popular and routinely accepted treatment for arthritic and other diseases of the knee. During this period of time and before, various combinations of articulating materials were tried with varying degrees of success. -Polyacetyl type of polymeric material has been used for the femoral ~, surface and articulating against another polymeric material (e.e.teflon) on the tibial surface. Polymer-polymer articulation has been tested but produced excessive wear. The most widely accepted 3 combination used at present is a metal femoral surface articulating against polymer tibial and patella surfaces.
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As the nature of the complex knee joint articulation became better understood, the system most widely used today, a cobalt alloy ~:
femoral surface and an Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) tibial and patella surface became the standard.
However, bioengineers, surgeons, and other scientists are still iearning more about the performance of this knee system as sufficient numbers of patients are just now reaching more than ten years postop. In the past five years or so the medical community has come -to appreciate the adverse effect of UHMWPE wear debris and its ability in sufficient volume to produce bone Iysis and thus revision of the implant.
The most prevalent source of UHMWPE wear debris results -from relatively rapid (compared to the tibial surface~ wear of the --UHMWPE patella surface. If the patella has a metal backing, this backing can eventually wear against the metal femoral surface following excessive polyethylene wear, and further aggravate the wear process and accelerate the adverse consequences via production of metal and UHMWPE debris.
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Tibial wear of the UHMWPE has also been observed. Thinner UHMWPE surfaces on the tibia may allow eventual wear through to the underlying metal. Thicker tibial UHMWPE surfaces are desired but at the expense of excessive resection of the bone (tibia) during surgery. In just the past few years, the benefit of ceramic-UHMWPE
wear combinations in the total hip joint and in laboratory tests have shown this wear combination to reduce friction and UHMWPE wear.
Knee simulator tests in Japan have shown this to also be the case for monolithic ceramic knee femoral components articulating against UHMWPE.
Although the ceramic femoral surfaces show a clear advantage 7 over cobalt alloy femoral surfaces in reducing UHMWPE wear, the fact remains that both the UHMWPE tibia and particularly the UHMWPE patella component (roughly twice the contact stress of the tibial surface) still wear at a finite rate. Alternative attempts to minimize UHMWPE tibial wear include the use of movable tibial segments s~ch as in meniscal bearing total knee designs.
In all the currently available total knee systems both tibial and patella wear of the UHMWPE material occurs against the polished metal femoral surface. During wear of the knee, it is the UHMWPE
which undergoes wear in a constant area, such as the domed patella surface, or in a relatively constant area such as in the tibial surface.
That is, the wear of the UHMWPE is not minimized because a particular region(s~ of the UHMWPE remains in contact with the mating metal surface during relative motion (sliding distance) of the metal surface; The wear factor K, of UHMWPE articulation against polished metal implant surfaces is the volume (mm3) of UHMWPE per unit stress and sliding distance. Thus, for a given load (contact stress), reducing the sliding distance over which the metal surface rubs the UHMWPE will reduce the volume of UHMWPE wear debris.
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! -The use of both a polymer femoral and tibial and patella component does not eliminate this wear difference and, depending on the polymer combination, may actually increase wear dramatically.
An example of a patent relating to knee prosthetic devices is U.S. Patent 3,688,316 which describes a prosthetic knee joint in which the femoral component has a polymeric bearing surface and the tibial portion is made from metal. The prosthetic knee joint is ~ formed of a polymeric bearing member, with an upstanding shank J 10 received in the femoral shaft, and a metallic rocking member inserted .~ into the tibia. The rocking member having a stem with a disc below the bearing member abutting the tibia, is pivotally supported with the ;~ aid of a transverse pin in the bearing member which is partly out away at the rear to permit a relative swinging of the two members over an arc of about 120. The present invention does not describe such a constrained hinge-type knee and which does not consider critical wear issues associated with current total knee designs in which each of the three knee components is replaced with artificial materials.
U.S. patent 4,034,418 describes a prosthesis in which the femoral component members are formed from a hard plastic material and the tibial portion has a highly polished metal upper surface. The .
femoral component is in two pieces and not bridged. The artificial knee joint of the '418 patent is for surgical implantation into a knee - -and comprises at least one femoral component of hard plastic material and at least one tibial member having a highly polished metal upper surface. Each femoral member is received in a groove cut in the condyle of the femur, and its rear end face, constituting the inferior surface of the femoral member bears against the upper surface of the tibial member. The inferior surface is arcuate polycentered in the sagittal plane and arcuate in the coronal plane.
The superior surface of the femoral member has three different planar portions angularly disposed to one another, for load bearing purposes ~-7 ~ ~ 9 `~ 4 .:~ and three different angles of flexion of the knee. However, in this , ~ patent, the femoral component is not bridged nor does it describe a ~, total knee prosthesis in which the component replaces bone surFace ' ~ on the more wear-critical anterior portion of the knee femoral region.
. j 5 Further, this patent does not describe a total knee in which the patella ~:~ is replaced to articulate against the anterior portion of the femur as described in the present invention, and which is a critical wear region -~, as described earlier.
'1 U.S. patents 4,596,734 and 4,923,550 (both assigned to B.F.
., Goodrich) relate to forming a composite of a metal support, an elastomer and a hard wearing surface formed from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. U.S. patents 3,868,730, 4,268,920, and 4,355,429 relate to knee prostheses in which the tibial tray component holds a bearing surface formed from high molecular weight either metal or ceramics. This is in contrast to the present invention in which the knee femoral is described as made of a polymer surface (as opposed to metal or ceramic).
A more recent patent (U.S. No. 5,021,061) issued to Wevers and Rudan describes a polymer knee femoral insert component, but in which the femoral component portion articulating against the tibia (polyethylene) is metal. The polyethylene insert is fixed to the anterior region of the two-component knee femoral for articulation against the metal patella. The present invention describes a non-modular knee femoral of a suitable polymer bearing material to minimize wear of both the patella and tibial components, versus just the patella component as described in the Wevers and Rudan patent.
i A cemented polyethylene femoral component was manufactured several years ago. However, the anterior groove on the femoral component was a deep notch shape and not the shape of the natural femur in the r-gion. Further, this devlce was thin (less than about ; ~
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7 V ~ ~3 . ~ 5 . ~ 6mm) and simply cemented to the femur without any metal backing Thus, the combination of high contact stress within the anterior '~"-. shaped groove of the thin femoral component, and the inability for the . thin component to maintain proper rigidity resulted in unacceptable clinical results. The present invention describes a more naturally designed femoral and patella geometry, similar to that of the original, intact knee, and which is popular in design for the majority of total knee systems in the market today. Further, the minimum polymer bearing thickness is greater than about eight millimeters (8mm) to 7 10 assure proper rigidity and support, and to minimize contact stress in the polymer femoral component and thus minimize polymer wear.
By reversing the material used for the femoral component with that of the patella and tibial components, several advantages occur.
First, the wear volume wiil be less because the location of peak contact area (peak stress) of the UHMWPE (femoral surface) will vary during articulation. Therefore, the relative travel distance between the peak stress UHMWPE area and the harder counter bearing surface will be reduced. For example with the patella button made of UHMWPE, the particular high-stressed dome tip is under constant - -load as it travels roughly half an inch (under load) against a cobalt alloy femoral surface. However, if the patella button is metal or ceramic, and the femoral component is polyethylene, then the peak stress does not stay in the same UHMWPE location (now the femoral) 2~ during the same sequence of motion. Therefore the damage and wear of the UHMWPE for a given activity is spread out and reduced. ~ ~
Thus according to the invention we provide a total knee ~ -prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomicallyshaped, bicondylarpolymer ~ :~
femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
., :, 6 b) a tibial component with a metallic bearing surface portion that includes concavities adapted to receive the polymeric bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral ~ component upon the tibial component;
:~ 5 c) a patella component with a metallic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella ccmponent; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
Another advantage of using a polymer femoral component is that less resection of the tibia will be required during surgery. Better ', bone stock and support can thus be maintained for the tibial surface.
Likewise, the patella button will require less resection. Moreover, a polymeric femoral component will better transfer load to the J underlying bone compared to stiff metal or ceramic femorals cornponents.
3 20 Finally, with a polymer femoral component articulating against a metal or ceramic tibial and patella component, only one (rather than two) of the total knee components will be subjected to any significant wear. Should revision surgery be required, only one component may require replacement.
Unlike the early unsuccessful attempts to use both a polymer femoral and tibial component, the use of only a polymer femorai component articulating against a metal or ceramic tibial (and patella) component will reduce polymer wear and friction. Polymer-polymer :
wear couples do not necessarily provide both low friction and wear during articulation in iubricating mediums. Wear and friction of appropriate metal-polymer and ceramic-polymer wear couples can produce lower levels of friction and wear, and is thus the preferred 2~ 17~9 ! :
.i 7 combination in total knee (and hip) arthroplasty. Further, environmental degradation resistance must be sufficient, particularly .~ against attack by lipids and oxidants.
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s 5 The present invention provides a polymer (such as UHMWPE) 'r knee femoral component articulating against a polished metal (i.e., cobalt alloy) or preferably ceramic (i.e., alumina, zirconia, nitrides, or borides) patella and tibial components in a total knee implant. The ~' polymer femoral material can be polymers other than UHMWPE or 10 can also be any suitable polymer blend, or fiber-reinforced or particle-reinforced polymer, or layered polymers with appropriate strength, creep, wear resistance, and friction when articulated against metal or ceramic counter bearing surfaces of the patella and tibial component.
Further, the polymer must be suitably resistant to environmental l, 15 degradation (particularly by oxidation, fats, and lipids).
The polymer femoral component can be cemented directly to the femoral resections made during surgery or may incorporate the use of metal or other more rigid backing (full or partial) to enhance 20 cement fixation and wear resistance of the polymer wear surface, or - -to allow for a surface texture or porous metal bead or mesh coating to -be applied for bone ingrowth fixation. The polymer femoral ~ -:
component can also have a porous polymer surface to allow for bone ingrowth or a porous metal mesh surface attached directly for bone ingrowth.
The mating patella and tibial components can be existing -implant metals such as cobalt alloy, titanium alloy, or stainless steel : .
with an appropriate polished surface for articulation against the .
30 polymer femora! component surface. Surface roughness (Ra) should be less than about 0.05 micron. The patella and tibial components can also be made of other alloys such as those of zirconium, tantalum, and niobium, or these and existing metals with a protective, 21~7~
h' 8 hard, inert, ceramic coating or other surface hardening treatment sueh as ion-implantation, internal oxidation, gas diffusion hardened, carbonization, nitriding, etc. Further, the tibiai or patella components j can be made of solid (monolithic) ceramic such as alumina, zirconia, ~ 5 or silicon carbide.
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Thus according to the invention we further provide a total knee prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer 10 femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a ceramic bearing surface portion that includes concavitites adapted to receive the polymeric bearing 15 surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a ceramic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the 20 patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enabie the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present 25 invention provides a metal-backed UHMWPE or other appropriate low wear, high strength (and creep resistance) high degradation resistant, low friction polymer or polymer blend knee femoral component articuiating against a polished cobalt alloy or ceramic (or ceramic coated metal) patella and tibial knee component. : . :
Generally, in prior art devices the femoral component is made of metal or a metal alloy such as Co-Cr-Mo Alloy. The tibial and .... - ~.
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~' 9 patella components are made of plastic or polymer at least with respect to the portions subject to friction and wear.
,, For a further understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed `~i description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are given like reference numerals, and wherein:
FIGURE 1 is a side view of a prior art total knee prosthesis with angulation more typical of a portion of the wall~ing cycle; and FIGURE 2 is a side view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention showing relative angulation typical for stair climbing.
Figure 1 illustrates a prior art total knee prosthesis 3 having a metallic tibial component 4 with a fixation component 5. A polymer insert 6 (such as an ultra high rnolecular weight poiyethylene) is secured on top of the metal tibial component 4. A metallic femoral component 7 has an articulating surface portion that bears against a corresponding articulating surface portion of the polymer insert 6. A
polymeric patella component 8 also provides an articulating surface with the metallic femoral component 7. The plastic patella component can have a metallic backlng portion 9.
In Figure 2, the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention (but showing a different angulation than Fig. 1 ) is designated generally by the numeral 10. The total knee prosthesis 10 includes a tibial component 11 and a femoral component 12. The tibial component 11 includes a tibial tray 13 and an optional fixation component 14 for improving surgical connection of the tibial component to the patient's tibia if needed. The tibial component includes a flat underside portion 16 and an upper concave articulating ~.
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. ~ surface 15. The femoral component 12 provides a polymeric portion , 17 and can optionally have a metallic or other rigid material as a backing member 18. A porous coating or surface texture 19 can also ~ be employed to provide a tissue ingrowth surface. Th0 metallic or 1ll 5 rigid backing is defined by flat surfaces 20-24. Curved surface 25 defines a convex or biconvex articulating surface that fits with the concave or biconcave articulating surface 15 of the tibial component and is contoured to essentially mimic the surface of the intact knee ~, femoral surfaces.
!~ 1 0 Patella component 26 is also preferably metallic, such as of a cobalt alloy or ceramic or ceramic-coated metal. The essentially ~, hemispherical patella component 26 similarly can have a bone ingrowth surface 27. The patella component can be all metal, 15 ceramic, orceramiccoated metal.
The following table lists the part numbers and part descriptions as used herein and in the drawings attached hereto.
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. ,. .-Part Number Description :-3 prior art knee prosthesis 4 metallic tibial component fixationcomponent 6 polymer insert 7 metallic femoral component 8 patella component 9 metallic backing 3q 10 knee prosthesis 11 tibial component 12 femoral component 13 tibial tray ~.
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14 fixation component concave surface 16 flat undersurface 17 polymer portion 18 metallic backing 19 porous tissue ingrowth coating flat surface 21 flat surface 22 flat surface 23 flat surface 24 flat surface curved surface 26 patella component 27 porous ingrowthcoatingtissue 28 porous ingrowth coating ' :;, Because many varying and different embodiments may be made within the scope of the inventive concept herein taught, and because many modifications may be made in the embodiments herein detailed 20 in accordance with the descriptive requirement of the law, it is to be understood that the details herein are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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:~ 5 c) a patella component with a metallic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella ccmponent; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
Another advantage of using a polymer femoral component is that less resection of the tibia will be required during surgery. Better ', bone stock and support can thus be maintained for the tibial surface.
Likewise, the patella button will require less resection. Moreover, a polymeric femoral component will better transfer load to the J underlying bone compared to stiff metal or ceramic femorals cornponents.
3 20 Finally, with a polymer femoral component articulating against a metal or ceramic tibial and patella component, only one (rather than two) of the total knee components will be subjected to any significant wear. Should revision surgery be required, only one component may require replacement.
Unlike the early unsuccessful attempts to use both a polymer femoral and tibial component, the use of only a polymer femorai component articulating against a metal or ceramic tibial (and patella) component will reduce polymer wear and friction. Polymer-polymer :
wear couples do not necessarily provide both low friction and wear during articulation in iubricating mediums. Wear and friction of appropriate metal-polymer and ceramic-polymer wear couples can produce lower levels of friction and wear, and is thus the preferred 2~ 17~9 ! :
.i 7 combination in total knee (and hip) arthroplasty. Further, environmental degradation resistance must be sufficient, particularly .~ against attack by lipids and oxidants.
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s 5 The present invention provides a polymer (such as UHMWPE) 'r knee femoral component articulating against a polished metal (i.e., cobalt alloy) or preferably ceramic (i.e., alumina, zirconia, nitrides, or borides) patella and tibial components in a total knee implant. The ~' polymer femoral material can be polymers other than UHMWPE or 10 can also be any suitable polymer blend, or fiber-reinforced or particle-reinforced polymer, or layered polymers with appropriate strength, creep, wear resistance, and friction when articulated against metal or ceramic counter bearing surfaces of the patella and tibial component.
Further, the polymer must be suitably resistant to environmental l, 15 degradation (particularly by oxidation, fats, and lipids).
The polymer femoral component can be cemented directly to the femoral resections made during surgery or may incorporate the use of metal or other more rigid backing (full or partial) to enhance 20 cement fixation and wear resistance of the polymer wear surface, or - -to allow for a surface texture or porous metal bead or mesh coating to -be applied for bone ingrowth fixation. The polymer femoral ~ -:
component can also have a porous polymer surface to allow for bone ingrowth or a porous metal mesh surface attached directly for bone ingrowth.
The mating patella and tibial components can be existing -implant metals such as cobalt alloy, titanium alloy, or stainless steel : .
with an appropriate polished surface for articulation against the .
30 polymer femora! component surface. Surface roughness (Ra) should be less than about 0.05 micron. The patella and tibial components can also be made of other alloys such as those of zirconium, tantalum, and niobium, or these and existing metals with a protective, 21~7~
h' 8 hard, inert, ceramic coating or other surface hardening treatment sueh as ion-implantation, internal oxidation, gas diffusion hardened, carbonization, nitriding, etc. Further, the tibiai or patella components j can be made of solid (monolithic) ceramic such as alumina, zirconia, ~ 5 or silicon carbide.
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Thus according to the invention we further provide a total knee prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer 10 femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a ceramic bearing surface portion that includes concavitites adapted to receive the polymeric bearing 15 surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a ceramic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the 20 patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enabie the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present 25 invention provides a metal-backed UHMWPE or other appropriate low wear, high strength (and creep resistance) high degradation resistant, low friction polymer or polymer blend knee femoral component articuiating against a polished cobalt alloy or ceramic (or ceramic coated metal) patella and tibial knee component. : . :
Generally, in prior art devices the femoral component is made of metal or a metal alloy such as Co-Cr-Mo Alloy. The tibial and .... - ~.
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~' 9 patella components are made of plastic or polymer at least with respect to the portions subject to friction and wear.
,, For a further understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed `~i description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are given like reference numerals, and wherein:
FIGURE 1 is a side view of a prior art total knee prosthesis with angulation more typical of a portion of the wall~ing cycle; and FIGURE 2 is a side view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention showing relative angulation typical for stair climbing.
Figure 1 illustrates a prior art total knee prosthesis 3 having a metallic tibial component 4 with a fixation component 5. A polymer insert 6 (such as an ultra high rnolecular weight poiyethylene) is secured on top of the metal tibial component 4. A metallic femoral component 7 has an articulating surface portion that bears against a corresponding articulating surface portion of the polymer insert 6. A
polymeric patella component 8 also provides an articulating surface with the metallic femoral component 7. The plastic patella component can have a metallic backlng portion 9.
In Figure 2, the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention (but showing a different angulation than Fig. 1 ) is designated generally by the numeral 10. The total knee prosthesis 10 includes a tibial component 11 and a femoral component 12. The tibial component 11 includes a tibial tray 13 and an optional fixation component 14 for improving surgical connection of the tibial component to the patient's tibia if needed. The tibial component includes a flat underside portion 16 and an upper concave articulating ~.
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. ~ surface 15. The femoral component 12 provides a polymeric portion , 17 and can optionally have a metallic or other rigid material as a backing member 18. A porous coating or surface texture 19 can also ~ be employed to provide a tissue ingrowth surface. Th0 metallic or 1ll 5 rigid backing is defined by flat surfaces 20-24. Curved surface 25 defines a convex or biconvex articulating surface that fits with the concave or biconcave articulating surface 15 of the tibial component and is contoured to essentially mimic the surface of the intact knee ~, femoral surfaces.
!~ 1 0 Patella component 26 is also preferably metallic, such as of a cobalt alloy or ceramic or ceramic-coated metal. The essentially ~, hemispherical patella component 26 similarly can have a bone ingrowth surface 27. The patella component can be all metal, 15 ceramic, orceramiccoated metal.
The following table lists the part numbers and part descriptions as used herein and in the drawings attached hereto.
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. ,. .-Part Number Description :-3 prior art knee prosthesis 4 metallic tibial component fixationcomponent 6 polymer insert 7 metallic femoral component 8 patella component 9 metallic backing 3q 10 knee prosthesis 11 tibial component 12 femoral component 13 tibial tray ~.
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14 fixation component concave surface 16 flat undersurface 17 polymer portion 18 metallic backing 19 porous tissue ingrowth coating flat surface 21 flat surface 22 flat surface 23 flat surface 24 flat surface curved surface 26 patella component 27 porous ingrowthcoatingtissue 28 porous ingrowth coating ' :;, Because many varying and different embodiments may be made within the scope of the inventive concept herein taught, and because many modifications may be made in the embodiments herein detailed 20 in accordance with the descriptive requirement of the law, it is to be understood that the details herein are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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Claims (21)
1. A total knee prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a metallic bearing surface portion that includes concavities adapted to receive the polymeric bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a metallic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a metallic bearing surface portion that includes concavities adapted to receive the polymeric bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a metallic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
2. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the polymer is an ultra high molecular weight polymer.
3. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the polymer is an ultra high molecular weight polyolefin.
4. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 3 wherein the polymer is an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene.
5. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the tibial and patella components are made of a ceramic coated metal material.
6. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the tibial and patella components are made of a ceramic material.
7. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the femoral component is provided with a porous polymer coating portion for promoting bone ingrowth.
8. A total knee prostheses according to claim 1 wherein the femoral component contains a porous coated portion for improving bone cement attachment or promoting bone ingrowth.
9. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 8 wherein the femoral component is provided with a metal bead coating for promoting bone ingrowth.
10. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 8 wherein the femoral component is provided with a mesh coating for promoting bone ingrowth.
11. A total knee prostheses according to claim 1 wherein the tibial component contains a textured porous coating for promoting bone cement attachment or bone ingrowth.
12. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 11 wherein the tibial component is provided with a metal bead coating for promoting bone ingrowth.
13. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 11 wherein the tibial component is provided with a mesh coating for promoting bone ingrowth.
14. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 comprising a patella component that has a metallic bearing surface that articulates against the polymeric surface of the femoral component.
15. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 14 wherein the tibial component and patella component are each of a cobalt alloy.
16. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the femoral component is provided with a metallic or other rigid backing portion opposite the polymeric bearing surface.
17. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the backing portion is partial backing.
18. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the backing portion is a full backing portion that substantially covers the back side of the femoral component opposite the bearing surface of the femoral component.
19. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the polymer is a wear resistant polymer.
20. A total knee prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the polymer is a creep resistant polymer or a carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite.
21. A total knee prosthesis comprising:
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a ceramic bearing surface portion that includes concavities adapted to receive the polymeric bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a ceramic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
a) a bridged, near-anatomically shaped, bicondylar polymer femoral component having a pair of spaced, generally convex polymeric bearing surface of thickness greater than about six millimeters (6mm) at articulating surface regions;
b) a tibial component with a ceramic bearing surface portion that includes concavities adapted to receive the polymeric bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the tibial component;
c) a patella component with a ceramic bearing surface portion adapted to receive the polymer bearing surface of the femoral component during articulation of the femoral component upon the patella component; and d) a femoral attachment adapted to enable the femoral component to be attached to a patient's femur.
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