Femoral head restoration
AssigneeDepuy Ireland Unlimited Company
InventorsJason Naylor, Caroline Wither
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Abstract
A surgical instrument and method for assessing restoration of the femoral head centre is provided. The instrument comprising: a body having a first connector for attaching the body to a femoral part, and wherein the body defines a plurality of apertures therein, wherein each aperture corresponds to a respective femoral head centre arising from a respective corresponding femoral neck; and a gauge, wherein the gauge includes a pin at a first end and an arm extending transversely from the pin and wherein the pin is receivable in each of the plurality of apertures and the arm bears a scale indicating a distance from the pin. The approach seeks to provide a simple and/or easy to use approach to restoring the native femoral head position during a hip replacement surgical procedure.
Claims12
A surgical instrument for assessing restoration of the femoral head centre, comprising:
- a body having a first connector for attaching the body to a femoral part, and wherein (i) the body defines a plurality of apertures therein, wherein each aperture corresponds to a respective femoral head centre arising from a respective corresponding femoral neck, and (ii) the body has an anterior face and wherein the anterior face includes at least a first linear indicium extending parallel to a medial-lateral axis and passing through at least a first of the plurality of apertures and corresponding to a first position on a superior-inferior axis;
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- a gauge, wherein the gauge includes a pin at a first end and an arm extending transversely from the pin and wherein the pin is receivable in each of the plurality of apertures and the arm bears a scale indicating a distance from the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.