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Femoral prosthesis device

US6190417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1999
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2310/00029
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a femoral prosthesis to be utilized as an implant into a human femur to connect the coxa. The femoral prosthesis comprises a stem body to be inserted into a femur bone, a neck portion fixed integrally at the proximal portion of the stem body, a spherical head member having an opening to receive the neck potion, and a cross pin for fixing the stem body to the femur bone, wherein the stem body is formed with a pinnig hole through a proximal portion thereof corresponding to a greater trochanter of the femur bone, and the cross pin is in a unthreaded cylindrical shape and inserted into the pinning hole, both ends of the cross pin being projected out of the stem body to be engaged with the bone wall of the femur bone.

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