Patent 7175665 was granted and assigned to DePuy on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A prosthetic knee system has a tibial component and a universal augment. A single augment can be used to support the tibial tray on either the medial or lateral side. The augment has reverse image sides and a through-bore with no threads. The tibial tray has a complementary threaded bore. The through-bore of the augment has a plane of symmetry perpendicular to its central longitudinal axis.