Back to results
US 2019/0290443 A1Published application
Device for supporting hoop stress of meniscus
AssigneeAjou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorsByoung Hyun MIN, Young Jick KIM, Xiang Yun YIN, Do Young PARK
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for supporting hoop stress applied to a meniscus and preventing deviation of the meniscus, and the device for supporting hoop stress applied to a meniscus and preventing deviation of the meniscus may include an intermediate support member, one side extension member, and the other side extension member.
Claims14
A device for supporting hoop stress applied to a meniscus and preventing deviation of the meniscus, the device comprising:
- an intermediate support member which surrounds the meniscus to support the hoop stress applied to the meniscus;
- one side extension member which is connected to one end of the intermediate support member and fixed to a lateral surface of a tibia through one side tunnel that extends laterally from an upper surface of the tibia positioned below the meniscus;
- and
- the other side extension member which is connected to the other end of the intermediate support member and fixed to the lateral surface of the tibia through the other side tunnel that extends laterally from the upper surface of the tibia.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.