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US 2024/0197481 A1Published application
Mold for obtaining a spacer device or a part thereof
OwnerEmanuele Caiazzainventor
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Abstract
A mold for obtaining a spacer device for replacing a joint prosthesis, or a part thereof, includes a first half-shell and a second half-shell.
Claims20
A mold for obtaining a spacer device (TS, FS) for replacing a joint prosthesis or a part thereof, comprising:
- a first half-shell (2, 102, 202) comprising or delimiting a first forming surface (2a) delimited by a first perimeter edge (2b) and designed to shape at least one first portion of said spacer device (TS, FS);
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- a second half-shell (3, 103, 203) comprising a second forming surface (3a) delimited by a second perimeter edge (3b) designed to shape at least one second portion of said spacer device (TS, FS),
- wherein said first half-shell (2, 102, 202) and said second half-shell (3, 103, 203) are configured to be removably coupled, in use, so as to define a closed configuration for said mold and to delimit between said first forming surface (2a) and at said second forming surface (3a) at least one molding cavity (C1, C2) corresponding to an external configuration of the spacer device (TS, FS) or of the part thereof to be formed, and
- wherein said mold comprises at least one extractor component (4, 104, 204) configured to remove the spacer device (TS, FS) or the part thereof formed in the mold when the mold is in an open configuration with said first half-shell (2, 102, 202) removed from, and not in contact with, said second half-shell (3, 103, 203).
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