Medical fastening system

US6171342A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael J. O'Neil · West Barnstable, US
• Arnold Oyola · Northborough, US
• Dennis Sullivan · Sandwich, US
• Amit Birla · Mansfield, US
• John Slamin · Wrentham, US
• Dennis Colleran · Plainville, US
• Stefan Gabriel · Neuhausen, CH
• George Cipolletti · Duxbury, US
• Richard E. Jones, III · Norwalk, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0008
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical fastening system for a modular knee prosthesis system includes a femoral component having a first surface, a second surface, and an aperture extending therebetween. A modular adapter element has a first end that is mountable adjacent the first surface of the femoral component and a second, mating end that is engagable with a second prosthesis component. The system also includes a first bolt that mates the adapter element to the femoral component. Various connection options are possible to secure different components of the system to each other.