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US 2023/0404831 A1Published application
Femoral lift apparatus
AssigneeUnited Orthopedic Corporation
InventorsEDWIN P SU, Yan-Shen Lin, Jiann-Jong Liau, Yu-Liang Liu, Teh-Yang Lin, Wen-Chuan Chen
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Abstract
A femoral lift apparatus includes a lift device and a hook device. The hook device is coupled to the lift device. The femoral lift apparatus is labor-saving and can avoid the problem that the conventional femoral lift apparatus may block the surgical view, hinder the operation position for a hip joint replacement surgery. With the assistance of this current femoral lift apparatus, the hip joint replacement surgery can be performed more smoothly.
Claims8
A femoral lift apparatus, comprising:
- a lift device, including:
- a drive unit, the drive unit being a power unit including a telescopic rod and a mounting member, the telescopic rod being movable in a linear direction on a top of the drive unit, the mounting member being located on the drive unit and extending upward from the top of the drive unit by a height;
- a frame unit, connected to the mounting member so that the frame unit is fixed to one side of the drive unit, the frame unit including a retaining member, the retaining member extending downward from the frame unit;
- a guide rod unit, including a positioning rod;
- a link unit, a first end of the link unit being connected to the telescopic rod, a second end of the link unit being connected to a bottom end of the positioning rod;
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- a locking unit, configured to be mounted to a slide rail disposed on a lateral side of an operating table, the locking unit including a retaining portion to hold the retaining member;
- a hook device, a bottom of the hook device being coupled to a top end of the positioning rod so that the hook device is fixed to a top end of the guide rod unit;
- wherein the height is the height required for combining the mounting member with the frame unit.
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