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US 6,485,522 B1Granted
Adapter for an exoprosthetic standard element
AssigneeESKA Implants GmbH & Co.
InventorHans Grundei
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Abstract
The invention relates an adapter for an exoprosthetic standard element such as an exoprosthetic knee joint. The adapter can be inserted with a proximal handle part into a tubular bone stump. The proximal handle part is at least partly covered with a tree-dimensional open-loop network structure and at its distal end has a coupling device for the standard element.
Claims7
An adapter for an exoprosthetic standard part comprising:
- a proximal stem part installed into a long bone stump;
- an open-mesh three-dimensional space-network structure covering, at least partially, said stem part;
- a coupling device provided on a distal end of said stem part for coupling with said exoprosthetic standard part;
- wherein said coupling device includes a cone, an adapter sheath having a conical clamping seat, and a coupling part for connecting to said exoprosthetic standard part, said cone being seated in said conical clamping seat.
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