Shanks for knee-joint endoprostheses

Details Shanks for knee-joint endoprostheses Shanks for knee-joint endoprostheses

1977-03-02

1979-09-11

Frinks, Ronald L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

3 191, 128 92C, A61F 124

Patent

active

041670477

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to shanks for knee joint endoprostheses which, on implantation, are inserted in a space prepared in the spongiose and marrow of the receiving bone. The invention consists in matching the external contour of the shank for at least a part of its length to the cross-section of the medullar cavity in a normal human bone receiving the shank.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3628248 (1971-12-01), Kroder et al.
patent: 3685058 (1972-08-01), Tronzo
patent: 3805302 (1974-04-01), Mathys
patent: 3846846 (1974-11-01), Fischer
patent: 3995323 (1976-12-01), Shersher
Trapezoidal-28, Total Hip Prostheses, Zimmer (Catalog), Zimmer Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ind., p. A14-1, Rev. 2, Sep. 1974, (received Mar. 27, 1975).

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