Revision-Implant Receiver and Method of Use Thereof
AssigneeMatOrtho Limited
InventorsSimon Nicholas COLLINS, Charles Jonas Ambrose CULLUM
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Abstract
An implant anchor for supporting a bearing surface of an implant, the implant anchor includes a stem having a first stem portion and a second stem portion which is engaged via a hinge element with the first stem portion.
Claims13
An implant anchor for supporting a bearing surface of an implant, the implant anchor comprising a stem having a first stem portion and a second stem portion which is engaged via a hinge element with the first stem portion, wherein the hinge element comprises a first bendable linking portion defining a first hinge axis and a second bendable linking portion defining a second hinge axis, the first said hinge axis and the second hinge axis being non-parallel with each other for enabling angular adjustment in two distinct planes, and wherein the implant anchor is formed as one piece.
An implant anchor, the implant anchor comprising a stem having a first stem portion and a second stem portion which is engaged via a hinge element with the first stem portion.
A method of improving the angular orientation of an implant in revision arthroplasty, the method having the steps of:
- a] providing a revision implant and a revision-implant receiver, either or each of the revision implant and the revision-implant receiver having two hingeably connected portions;
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- b] adjusting the relative angle between the two hingeably connected portions of one or both the revision implant and the revision-implant receiver to improve the angular orientation of the revision implant in a coronal plane and/or in a sagittal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.