Prosthesis revision systems and methods
OwnerKambiz Behzadiinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a revision procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the revision procedure.
Claims4
A method for extracting a prosthesis bonded within a portion of bone, the prosthesis having an exposed portion, comprising:
- (a) engaging the exposed portion;
- (b) generating an original series of pulses from an oscillation engine;
- (c) communicating said original series of pulses to the prosthesis producing a communicated series of pulses at said prosthesis;
- (d) vibrating, responsive to said communicated series of pulses, the prosthesis to produce a vibrating prosthesis having a predetermined vibration pattern;
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- (e) extracting the vibrating prosthesis from the portion of bone.
A method for extracting an implant bonded within a live bone of a patient, the prosthesis having an exposed portion, wherein non-vibratory revision forces for removing the bonded implant from the living bone are in a first range, the method comprising:
- (a) engaging the exposed portion;
- (b) vibrating the implant using a tool to produce a vibrating implant having a predetermined vibration pattern including an oscillation;
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- (c) extracting the vibrating implant from the live bone using vibratory insertion forces in a second range, said second range including a set of values less than a lowest value of the first range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.