Responsive biomechanical implants and devices
AssigneeNewtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
InventorsFielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
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Abstract
Prosthetic devices allow for full articulation of the joint, while absorbing impact of the components during normal use that will reduce wear on the device components and prolong life. The device may include a bone implantable component and a bearing component having an articulation surface that is sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component and a damping mechanism that includes a contact member disposed at least primarily inside a cavity; a biasing member biasing the contact member toward an upper aperture of the cavity and means for capturing the contact member within the cavity.
Claims20
A prosthetic device, comprising:
- a bone implantable component;
- a bearing component having an articulation surface sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component at an interface;
- the articulation surface comprising a damping mechanism comprising an interaction component and a flexible component;
- wherein, the flexible component biases the interaction component away from the articulation surface;
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- wherein, in use, an initial force received by the bearing component is partially transferred to the interaction component, thereby causing an alteration in the flexible component, the alteration resulting in at least a partial dissipation of the force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.