Hip joint method
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
A surgical and a laparoscopic/arthroscopic method for operating hip osteoarthritis using an instrument that is adapted to create a through-going hole placed in the acetabulum area from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone of the human patient. The instrument comprises: a driving member, a bone contacting organ in connection with said driving member, an operating device adapted to operate said driving member. The bone contacting organ is adapted to create a hole in the acetabulum area starting from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone through repetitive or continuous movement.
Claims12
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- creating a hole in a pelvic bone passing into the hip joint of the human patient,
- placing a mold inside of the hip joint from an abdominal side of the pelvic bone through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient, and
- providing at least one hip joint surface to the hip joint by injecting a fluid into said mold placed inside of the hip joint of the human patient.
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient said method comprising the steps of:
- creating a hole in a pelvic bone passing into the hip joint of the human patient,
- placing at least one sealing member from an abdominal side of the pelvic bone through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient between an acetabulum and a caput femur of the hip joint, thus creating a sealed area between the acetabulum and the caput femur, and
- providing at least one hip joint surface to the hip joint by injecting a fluid into said sealed area between the acetabulum and the caput femur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.