Joint prosthesis

Details Joint prosthesis Joint prosthesis

1975-09-22

1976-11-09

Frinks, Ronald L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128 92C, 403157, A61F 124

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039901181

ABSTRACT:
An implantable prosthetic joint comprising a first member and a second member, both of which include a stem portion implantable in bone. The first member has a neck portion and a protuberant head portion attached to the neck portion. The second member has a head-receiving cavity and a slot in communication with the cavity to provide hinge-like motion of the joint as the neck portion is moved within the slot and the head portion rotated within the cavity. The head-receiving portion of the second member includes a transverse channel communicating with the cavity and a transverse slot communicating with the transverse channel whereby the head and neck portion of the first member may be inserted into the head-receiving portion of the second member in a direction transverse to the plane established by the hinge-like motion of the first member relative to the second member as the neck portion of the first member moves along the channel in the head-receiving portion of the second member.

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patent: 3760427 (1973-09-01), Schultz
patent: 3765033 (1973-10-01), Goldberg et al.
patent: 3837008 (1974-09-01), Bahler et al.
"Metal Alloplasty of the Knee Joint" by E. J. Moeys, The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, vol. 36-A, No. 2, Apr. 1954, pp. 363-367.

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