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US 9,259,321 B2Granted
Femur prosthetic stem with back grasping
AssigneePaolo Palombi
InventorPaolo Palombi
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Abstract
The invention relates to a femur prosthetic stem (1) having a front portion and a back portion, said stem being characterized in that it has a back hollow portion (2).
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Femur prosthetic hollow stem having a length, the hollow stem comprising:
- a sidewall and a cavity;
- the sidewall having an interior surface defining the cavity and an opposing exterior surface;
- the sidewall comprising a base and two divergent wings, each wing having a free edge, wherein each free edge is convexly curved in a lengthwise direction along the length of the stem;
- wherein the two divergent wings converge at a distal end of the cavity;
- and wherein the interior surface of the base is concavely curved in a lengthwise direction along a portion of the length of the stem;
- wherein the hollow stem is characterized in that a radius of curvature of the stem is constant, so that a surgeon can insert the stem in a femur bone with a movement of constant curvature.
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Femur prosthetic hollow stem having a length, the hollow stem comprising:
- a sidewall and a cavity;
- the sidewall having an interior surface defining the cavity and an opposing exterior surface;
- the sidewall comprising a base and two wings, each wing having a free edge, wherein each free edge is convexly curved in a lengthwise direction along the length of the stem;
- wherein the interior surface of the base has a profile extending in a lengthwise direction along the length of the stem from a proximal end of the cavity to a distal end of the cavity, the profile comprising a first convex curve segment adjacent to the proximal end, a second convex curve segment adjacent to the distal end, and a concave curve segment in-between the first convex curve segment and the second convex curve segment wherein the hollow stem is characterized in that a radius of curvature of the stem is constant, so that a surgeon can insert the stem in a femur bone with a movement of constant curvature.
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