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US 2017/0360564 A1Published application
Components for artificial joints
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsZachary Ingwer, Scott Sherman, Joel Zubizarreta
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Abstract
A component of an artificial joint according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, inter alia, a hollow tube including bone ingrowth material. Further, the hollow tube is selectively expandable. The bone ingrowth material allows the component to become biologically fixed to adjacent bone. Further, expansion of the hollow tube increases friction between the hollow tube and the adjacent bone, which increases stability.
Claims9
1-10. (canceled)
An artificial knee, comprising:
- an artificial femoral component including a hollow tube having bone ingrowth material;
- an artificial tibial component including a hollow tube having bone ingrowth material, wherein the hollow tube of one of the artificial femoral component and the artificial tibial component is selectively expandable;
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- a spacer located between the artificial femoral component and the artificial tibial component.
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18-20. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.