Titanium or titanium alloy pin to be fixed in long bones

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1979-06-25

1981-04-14

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

3 191, 128 92C, 128 92CA, A61F 124

Patent

active

042610630

ABSTRACT:
A titanium or titanium alloy pin for cement-free fixing in a long bone for a joint prosthesis or for bone repair, said pin being surrounded by a lattice of titanium wire with a mesh size of at least 0.3 mm. The pin has a rectangular cross-section and two of its surfaces have respective longitudinal grooves (3) which are notched transversely to form shoulders (5) perpendicular to the pin axis, said shoulders giving the pin a scaly profile. Application to a total prosthesis of the hip.

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patent: 3996625 (1976-12-01), Noiles
patent: 4064567 (1977-12-01), Burstein et al.
Vitalium Surgical Appliances, (Catalog) by Austenal Co., New York, N. Y. 1964, p. 65, Vitallium Wire Mesh (#6510).

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