Hip joint method
OwnerPeter Mats Forsellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing at least one hip joint surface, said hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, said method comprising the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from said acetabulum, creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through said pelvic bone and into said hip joint of said human patient, and providing at least one hip joint surface to said hip joint, through said hole in said pelvic bone of said human patient.
Claims21
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing at least one hip joint surface, said hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, said method comprising the steps of:
- cutting the skin of the human patient,
- dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum,
- creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and
- providing at least one hip joint surface from the opposite side from the acetabulum through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient.
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing at least one hip joint surface, said hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a needle or a tube like instrument into the patient's body,
- using the needle or tube like instrument to fill a part of the patient's body with gas and thereby expanding a cavity within the body,
- placing at least two laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars in said cavity,
- inserting a camera through one of the laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars into said cavity,
- inserting at least one dissecting tool through one of said at least two laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars,
- dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum,
- creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and
- providing at least one hip joint surface from the opposite side from the acetabulum through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient.
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