Modular transdermal compress device
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsTroy Hershberger, Joshua Porter
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Abstract
A modular transdermal assembly configured to couple an external prosthetic device to a bone stump. The assembly includes a modular transdermal portion and a bone fixator. The modular transdermal portion includes an interface portion configured to couple with the external prosthetic device. The bone fixator is configured to be secured to the bone stump and couple with the modular transdermal portion to retain the modular transdermal portion relative to the bone stump.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of coupling a modular transdermal device to bone, the method comprising:
- implanting a bone fixator in a bone stump;
- selecting a modular transdermal portion from a plurality of modular transdermal portions of different lengths based on a distance between the bone stump and a distal portion of skin opposite to the bone stump;
- coupling the selected modular transdermal portion to the bone fixator;
- selecting a modular skin integration component from a plurality of modular skin integration components of different geometries to approximate a patient's soft tissue envelope;
- and
- coupling the modular skin integration component to the selected modular transdermal portion proximate to the distal portion of skin.
A method of coupling a modular transdermal device to bone, the method comprising:
- implanting a bone fixator in a bone stump;
- selecting a modular transdermal portion from a plurality of modular transdermal portions of different lengths based on a distance between the bone stump and a distal portion of skin opposite to the bone stump;
- coupling the selected modular transdermal portion to the bone fixator;
- selecting a modular bone integration component from a plurality of bone integration components of different geometries;
- and
- coupling the selected modular bone integration component to a tapered surface of an elongated body portion such that the selected modular bone integration component engages the bone stump.
A method of coupling a modular transdermal device to bone, the method comprising:
- implanting a bone fixator in a bone stump;
- selecting a modular transdermal portion from a plurality of modular transdermal portions of different lengths based on a distance between the bone stump and a distal portion of skin opposite to the bone stump;
- coupling the selected modular transdermal portion to the bone fixator;
- selecting an elongated body portion from a plurality of elongated body portions of different geometries and coupling the selected elongated body portion to the bone fixator;
- and
- coupling a distal portion of the selected elongated body portion with a proximal portion of the selected modular transdermal portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.