Hip joint prosthesis

Details Hip joint prosthesis Hip joint prosthesis

1995-06-06

1998-04-21

Tucker, Guy V.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

623 23, A61B 1756

Patent

active

057412626

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a hip joint prosthesis comprising an attachment part for a ball unit (18) being designed to be anchored in the neck of a human femur (collum femoris), said attachment part, which is intended to be inserted into a channel (5, 14) extending through the femoral collum, being provided with parts for carrying a ball or caput (18) intended to be attached to the collum after removal of the head of the collum. The attachment part also comprises a fixture part comprising two main parts, a first part (1) which is to extend through a bore-hole (5) from the collum femoris towards the outer side of the femur and a second part (2) intended to fit into a cylindrical cavity cut into the cancellous bone of the collum.

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