Flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus for the replacement of damaged cartilage in orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow. wrist and other anatomical joints
OwnerEdwin Burton Hatchinventor
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Abstract
A Flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus for the replacement of damaged cartilage in the orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other anatomical joints.
Claims38
A flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus for the repair or replacement of damaged cartilage in the orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other anatomical joints;
- which said meniscus is comprised of ceramic fibers formed together into a rope-like construction from which a portion of the said rope-like construction is cut and coiled into a pad, with the cut ends preferably being placed into the interior of the said pad;
- and which said pad is fixed together so as to create an integral, dimensionally stable, and flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus.
A flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus for the repair or replacement of damaged cartilage in the orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other anatomical joints, where in the said meniscus is comprised of ceramic fibers fixed together into a non-woven felt-like pad so as to create an integral, dimensionally stable, and flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus.
A flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus for the repair or replacement of damaged cartilage in the orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other anatomical joints, where in the said meniscus is comprised of ceramic beads fixed together in a matrix of polyethylene, which said polyethylene is selected from a group of polyethylene compounds which includes linear low density polyethylene, medium low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, high molecular weight polyethylene, and ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, so as to create an integral, dimensionally stable, and flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus.
A multiple dependent claim of claim 3, or of claim 4, or of claim 5, or of claim 6, or of claim 8, or of claim 9, or of claim 10, or of claim 12, or of claim 13, or of claim 14, or of claim 16, or of claim 17, or of claim 18, or of claim 21, or of claim 22, or of claim 24, or of claim 25, or of claim 27, or of claim 28, or of claim 30, or of claim 31, which said claim further incorporates a metal perimeter wire to further restrict and control the lateral expansion of the flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus.
The attachment of a flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus to a bone end in the orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, or other anatomical joints.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.