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The History of
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Countless total knees have been designed throughout the years. Those most frequently referenced are listed here.
1860 1958 1968 1968
Implant: Ivory Hinge 1 Implant: Walldius Hinge 1 Implant: Polycentric Knee 1, 2 Implant: Duocondylar Knee 1, 2
Designer: Gluck Designer: Walldius Designer: Gunston Designer: Ranawat, Insall, Shine
1971 1971 1972 1972
Implant: ICLH 1 Implant: Geometric Implant: Anatomic Knee Implant: University of
Designer: Freeman, Swanson (Howmedica, now (DePuy) 1, 2 California Irvine (UCI)
Stryker) 1, 2 Designer: Townley Knee (Wright now
Designer: Turner, Coventry MicroPort Orthopedics) 1
Designer: Waugh
1974 1975 1978 1982
Implant: Total Condylar Implant: New Jersey Knee, Implant: Insall-Burstein (I/B®) Implant: ORTHOLOC® (Wright now
Knee 1, 2 aka Low Contact PS Knee (Zimmer) 2 MicroPort Orthopedics) 3
Designer: Insall, Walker, Stress (LCS) Mobile Designer: Insall, Burstein Designer: Whiteside
Ranawat Bearing Knee 1, 2
Designer: Buechel, Pappas
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