Gender Specific Implant and Packaging

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for gender specific medical treatment. The medical treatment system can include gender specific medical devices which are designed to account for the anatomical and physiological differences in the male and female genders. The medical treatment system can also include a medical device identification system which differentiates use for male and female patients. The medical device identification system includes a container adapted to receive a medical device and a gender specifier. The gender specifier is used to identify the gender the medical device in designed for. The gender specifier can be in text form, symbolic form, or color coded.

1 - 47 . (canceled) 
     
     
         48 . A tibial component for a knee replacement system comprising:
 a platform having opposite inferior and superior sides, and a center axis passing through the inferior and superior sides; and   a keel extending outward from the inferior side of the platform, wherein the keel has a central longitudinal axis that is anterior of the center of the platform.   
     
     
         49 . The tibial component set forth in  claim 48 , wherein the central longitudinal axis of the keel and the center of the platform lie in a common anterior/posterior plane.