Patent · US Expired

Implant for fixing a plastic replacement for a tendon

US6042609A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Nicola Giordano · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Theodor Lutze · Spaichingen, DE
Rudolf Henche · Rheinfelden (Baden), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 1997
Grant date	Mar 28, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/0882
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an implant for fixing a plastic replacement for a tendon at a channel accommodating the plastic tendon replacement in the area of the tibia near the knee in the form of a disc having through-openings for threads joined to the plastic tendon replacement and being of such dimensions that it completely covers the opening of the channel exiting from the tibia, in order to prevent rotation of the implant with respect to the tibia head, the disc comprises on its underside facing the tibia projections for preventing the disc from rotating relative to the tibia.

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