# US 12,004,968 B2 · Hip arthroplasty trial systems and associated medical devices, methods, and kits > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,968 B2 - Document ID: US12004968B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/135,899 - Filed: 2023-04-18 - Published: 2023-08-10 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-01 - Assignees: Stephen Patrick Morrisey - Applicants: Stephen Patrick Morrisey - Inventors: Stephen Patrick Morrisey; Robert James Jones - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004968B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/4684: {Trial or dummy prostheses} - A61F 2/3609: {Femoral heads or necks; Connections of endoprosthetic heads or necks to endoprosthetic femoral shafts (A61F2/3601 takes precedence)} - A61F 2/3662: {Femoral shafts} - A61F 2/4607: {of hip femoral endoprostheses} - A61F 2/36: Femoral heads {; Femoral endoprostheses} - A61F 2/4657: {Measuring instruments used for implanting artificial joints (for surgical instruments A61B90/06)} - A61F 2002/30484: {Mechanically expandable devices located on the first prosthetic part for locking into or onto the second prosthetic part} - A61F 2002/30518: {with possibility of relative movement between the prosthetic parts} - A61F 2002/30528: {Means for limiting said movement} - A61F 2002/30537: {adjustable} - A61F 2002/3055: {for adjusting length} - A61F 2002/30601: {telescopic} - A61F 2002/30604: {modular} - A61F 2002/3065: {Details of the ball-shaped head} - A61F 2002/3625: {Necks} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract Hip arthroplasty trial systems and associated medical devices, methods, and kits are described that can be utilized in situ to complete a femoral head trial. An example embodiment of a hip arthroplasty trial system includes a medical device and a femoral stem. The medical device has a head member, a spacer, a shaft, and a locking member. The spacer is disposed within the head member and is moveable from a first position to a second position. The shaft is disposed within the head member and contacts the femoral stem. The shaft is moveable from a first position to a second position. Movement of the shaft from the first position to the second position moves the spacer from its first position to its second position. The locking member is disposed within the head member and releasably attaches the shaft to the head member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hip arthroplasty trial system comprising: a head member having a head member first end, a head member second end, a head member first lengthwise axis, and a head member main body defining a head member articulating surface and a head member first recess, the head member first recess extending into the head member main body along the head member first lengthwise axis and from the head member first end toward the head member second end; a spacer disposed within the head member first recess and moveable between a spacer first position and a spacer second position, wherein the spacer has a spacer first end, a spacer second end, a spacer length extending from the spacer first end to the spacer second end, and a spacer main body, the spacer having a spacer first outside diameter at the spacer first end and a spacer second outside diameter at the spacer second end that is less than the spacer first outside diameter; a shaft moveable between a shaft first position and a shaft second position, movement of the shaft from its shaft first position to its shaft second position moving the spacer from its spacer first position to its spacer second position; and a femoral stem having a femoral stem first end and a femoral stem second end, the femoral stem second end disposed a first distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the shaft first position and disposed a second distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the shaft second position, the second distance different than the first distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the spacer is moveable relative to the head member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the spacer is moveable relative to the femoral stem. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the shaft is moveably disposed within the head member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the shaft is moveably disposed within the femoral stem. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising an o-ring disposed within a groove of the plurality of grooves, wherein the spacer main body defines a plurality of grooves extending into the spacer main body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the femoral stem has a femoral stem first passageway, a femoral stem second passageway, a femoral stem third passageway, and a femoral stem fourth passageway, the femoral stem first passageway coaxial with the femoral stem second passageway, the femoral stem third passageway in communication with each of the femoral stem first passageway, the femoral stem second passageway, and the femoral stem fourth passageway. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein each of the femoral stem first and second passageways is adapted to interface with a portion of the shaft. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the femoral stem is formed of a first material and the head member is formed of a second, different material. ### Claim 10 A medical device comprising: a head member having a head member first end, a head member second end, a head member first lengthwise axis, and a head member main body defining a head member articulating surface and a head member first recess, the head member first recess extending into the head member main body along the head member first lengthwise axis and from the head member first end toward the head member second end; a spacer disposed within the head member first recess and moveable between a spacer first position and a spacer second position, wherein the spacer has a spacer first end, a spacer second end, a spacer length extending from the spacer first end to the spacer second end, and a spacer main body, the spacer having a spacer first outside diameter at the spacer first end and a spacer second outside diameter at the spacer second end that is less than the spacer first outside diameter; and a shaft moveable between a shaft first position and a shaft second position, movement of the shaft from its shaft first position to its shaft second position moving the spacer from its spacer first position to its spacer second position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein a spacer passageway extends from a spacer first end to a distally disposed spacer second end, and wherein the spacer passageway tapers from the spacer second end to the spacer first end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the head member first recess has an inside diameter that tapers from the head member first end towards the head member second end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the head member has a head member first inside diameter at the head member first end and a head member second inside diameter disposed between the head member first end and a head member second passageway, and wherein the head member second inside diameter is less than the head member first inside diameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the spacer is moveable relative to the head member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the spacer is moveable relative to a femoral stem, the femoral stem having a femoral stem first end and a femoral stem second end disposed a first distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the first position and disposed a second distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the shaft second position, the second distance being different than the first distance. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the shaft is moveably disposed within the head member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The medical device of claim 10, wherein the shaft is moveably disposed within a femoral stem, the femoral stem having a femoral stem first end and a femoral stem second end disposed a first distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the first position and disposed a second distance from the head member first end when the shaft is in the shaft second position, the second distance being different than the first distance. ### Claim 18 A medical device comprising: a head member having a head member first end, a head member second end, a head member first lengthwise axis, and a head member main body defining a head member articulating surface and a head member first recess, the head member first recess extending into the head member main body along the head member first lengthwise axis and from the head member first end toward the head member second end; a spacer disposed within the head member first recess and moveable between a spacer first position and a spacer second position, wherein the spacer has a spacer first end, a spacer second end, a spacer length extending from the spacer first end to the spacer second end, and a spacer main body, the spacer having a spacer first outside diameter at the spacer first end and a spacer second outside diameter at the spacer second end that is less than the spacer first outside diameter; and a shaft moveable between a shaft first position and a shaft second position, movement of the shaft from its shaft first position to its shaft second position moving the spacer from its spacer first position to its spacer second position, wherein the spacer is moveable relative to the head member, and wherein the shaft is moveably disposed within the head member.