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US 11,439,509 B2Granted
Interim joint prosthesis
AssigneeWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAndreas Dänike, Günther Jendro
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Abstract
The invention relates to a modular interim joint prosthesis that can be inserted into a long bone, for replacing an explanted joint endoprosthesis, wherein the interim joint prosthesis has a main body having a main-body coupling segment and has a shaft having a shaft coupling segment and the shaft coupling segment can be detachably coupled to the main-body coupling segment.
Claims9
An interim joint prosthesis configured to be inserted into a long bone and used for a replacement of a joint endoprosthesis to be explanted, said interim joint prosthesis comprising:
- (i) a main body arranged to be supported on the long bone and configured as a placeholder for a joint section of the joint endoprosthesis to be explanted, wherein the main body comprises a main body coupling portion, the main body coupling portion being a through-hole, and further comprising at least two clamping wings which are displaceable perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main body relative to the main body, and
- each of the at least two clamping wings comprises a stop which extends in the longitudinal direction of the main body at least on one side of the main body beyond the main body;
- (ii) an integrally formed shaft comprising a shaft coupling portion and a longitudinal axis, wherein
- a portion of the shaft, the portion having a constant cross-section, is slidably arranged in the through-hole along the longitudinal axis of the shaft, whereby the shaft can protrude on both sides of the main body to be implanted into sections of adjoining long bones, and
- (iii) a shaft fixing element configured to fix the shaft arranged in the through-hole to the main body.
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