Modified Arthroscopic Tissue Engineered Total Hip
OwnerJames M. WEISSinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is an implantable joint replacement device. The device includes an elongated body having a medial component and a lateral component. The device includes an internal channel formed inside the elongated body, the internal channel extending along a portion of the elongated body. The device includes an inlet adjacent to the lateral component of the elongated body, the inlet being in fluid communication with the internal channel. The device includes an outlet disposed along a surface of the elongated body, the outlet being in fluid communication with the internal channel.
Claims41
An implantable joint replacement device, comprising:
- an elongated body having a medial component and a lateral component;
- an internal channel formed inside the elongated body, the internal channel extending along a portion of the elongated body;
- an inlet adjacent to the lateral component of the elongated body, the inlet being in fluid communication with the internal channel;
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- an outlet disposed along a surface of the elongated body, the outlet being in fluid communication with the internal channel.
An implantable joint replacement device, comprising:
- an elongated body having a medial component and a lateral component;
- an outer bioabsorbable balloon and an inner bioabsorbable balloon, both inner and outer balloons adjacent to the medial component of the elongated body, the outer balloon being provided over the inner balloon;
- a first channel and a second channel, the first and second channels formed inside the elongated body and extending along a portion of the elongated body;
- a first inlet and a second inlet, both adjacent to the lateral component of the elongated body, the first inlet being in fluid communication with the first channel and the second inlet being in fluid communication with the second channel;
- a first outlet in fluid communication with the first channel, the first outlet being disposed adjacent to an external surface of the inner balloon and configured to provide a first fluid between an internal surface of the outer balloon and the external surface of the inner balloon;
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- a second outlet in fluid communication with the second channel, the second outlet being disposed inside the inner balloon and configured to provide a second fluid inside the inner balloon.
A method of fracturing and removing an osteotomized femoral head of a hip joint during a hip arthroplasty procedure, the method comprising:
- providing stress risers on the femoral head, the stress risers designed to weaken the femoral head at pre-determined locations;
- positioning an inflatable bone tamp into the femoral head;
- inflating the bone tamp to cause a controlled fracture of the femoral head at the locations of the stress risers;
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- removing the fractured pieces of the femoral head from the hip joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.