| US 7,527,650 B2 | ||
| Modular knee prosthesis | ||
| Erin M. Johnson, Columbia City, Ind. (US); and Joseph Saladino, Pflugerville, Ind. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Zimmer Technology, Inc., Warsaw, Ind. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/870,598. | ||
| Application 11/205909 is a division of application No. 11/009498, filed on Dec. 10, 2004, granted, now 7,105,026, filed on Sep. 12, 2006. | ||
| Application 11/870598 is a continuation of application No. 11/205909, filed on Aug. 16, 2005, granted, now 7,297,164. | ||
| Application 11/009498 is a continuation of application No. 10/613323, filed on Jul. 03, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Application 10/613323 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/302066, filed on Nov. 22, 2002, granted, now 6,749,638, filed on Jun. 15, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0027563 A1, Jan. 31, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 623—20.14 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of assembling a knee prosthesis for implantation into a patient, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of posterior femoral joint components;
providing plurality of distal posterior femoral joint components a distal posterior femoral joint components;
determining the ethnicity of the patient;
selecting one of the plurality of posterior femoral joint components based on the patient's ethnicity;
selecting at least one of the plurality of distal posterior femoral joint components; and
assembling the selected one of the plurality of posterior femoral joint components and the selected one of the plurality of
distal posterior femoral joint components to form the knee prosthesis.
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