Modular necks for orthopaedic devices
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsAlisha W. Bergin, Jerry L. Jones, Richard D. Lambert
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AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsAlisha W. Bergin, Jerry L. Jones, Richard D. Lambert
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There is provided a system of modular orthopaedic devices. The system comprises one or more hip implants or trials, each hip implant or trial having a femoral stem and one of at least two neck segments having different geometries. Each neck segment comprises a proximal end configured to receive a femoral head portion and a distal end configured to be operably received by a proximal portion of the femoral stem. Each proximal end comprises a central portion generally representative of a femoral head center. When each of the at least two neck segments are joined with the femoral stem, the central portion is displaced a predetermined distance in a single direction relative to the femoral stem. The neck segments provided, therefore, advantageously allow a user to independently adjust any one of a height, an offset, or a version angle of an orthopaedic device for best performance and fit.
A system of modular orthopaedic devices comprises:
A method of using a modular orthopaedic device, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.