Method of implanting using a set of femoral prostheses

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7749278
APP PUB NO 20070112433A1
SERIAL NO

11415525

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Orthopaedic implants, orthopaedic implant sets, and/or methods for making the same. Aspects and embodiments of the present invention may include orthopaedic implants having an elongated insertion region including proximal, distal, and transition portions, wherein at least portions of at least one face each of the proximal and transition portions are defined by spaced apart constant radii of curvature. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include sets of orthopaedic implants in which proximal portions of the implants grow at different rates than distal portions of the implants. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include methods for making implants and/or sets of implants by studying the geometries of differently sized bony anatomies.

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SMITH & NEPHEW INC150 MINUTEMAN ROAD ANDOVER MA 01810

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Frederick, Philip Memphis, US 1 63
Kelman, David C Collierville, US 64 3415
Shotton, Vince Magnolia, US 5 75

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