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7615080 Joint prosthesis having infinitely adjustable head  
A joint prosthesis, as a replacement for a ball and socket type joint, has a head that allows for infinite dialability and/or angular orientation with respect to an implanted stem, particularly...
7611539 Shoulder prosthesis assembly  
A shoulder prosthesis assembly includes a metaglenoid element ( 7 ) having a plate ( 13 ) with a central tubular bushing ( 14 ) and members for anchoring it in the glenoid cavity. The assembly also...
7608109 Attachment element for a prosthesis for the articulation of the shoulder  
Attachment element for a prosthesis of the shoulder for the articulation of a humerus in a scapula of a shoulder having a glenoid cavity. The prosthesis comprises a first articulation element...
7604665 Glenoid component for shoulder arthroplasty  
A glenoid component apparatus for shoulder arthroplasty includes a bearing portion and a stem portion connected to the bearing portion. The stem portion is modeled from a normalized glenoid vault...
7585327 Extended articular surface resurfacing head  
A resurfacing implant comprising a head and an extended articulating surface protruding from a portion of the head operable to articulate with at least one of a bone and a ligament. The head has an...
7537618 Modular humeral head  
A modular humeral head system includes a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface. A hemispherical socket formed on one end of the inner surface and threads formed on the other end of...
7517364 Extended articulation orthopaedic implant and associated method  
A prosthesis ( 20 ) for use in performing joint arthroplasty is provided. The prosthesis ( 20 ) is to be fitted to a long bone ( 3 ). The prosthesis includes a first body ( 22 ) having a first body...
7470287 Shoulder or hip prosthesis  
The prosthesis according to the invention comprises a first component, humeral or femoral, presenting a concave surface of articulation and a second, intermediate component presenting first and...
7465319 Shoulder or hip prosthesis and process for fitting same  
This prosthesis comprises a humeral or femoral component and an intermediate component. The concave surface of articulation of the humeral or femoral component is formed by a plate connected by a...
7462197 Glenoidal component of a shoulder prosthesis, set of elements constituting such a component and total shoulder prosthesis incorporating such a component  
The glenoidal component for shoulder prosthesis according to the invention comprises a base adapted to be immobilized on a patient's glenoid cavity and an element adapted to be added on the base...
7431736 Device and method for positioning an eccentric humeral head of a humerus prosthesis for a shoulder arthroplasty  
A kit and associated method is for implanting a prosthetic device in a resected bone such as a humerus. The kit includes a trial assembly including a trial body portion having a trial bore defined...
7329284 Concave resurfacing prosthesis  
A glenoid component ( 100 ) for use with a prosthetic humeral component ( 102 ) for use in performing shoulder arthroplasty is provided. The glenoid component ( 100 ) may be fitted at least...
7297163 Shoulder prosthesis  
A system and method for installing a shoulder prosthesis. The method includes removing the original humeral head and shaping the proximal end of the humerus with one or more implements to prepare...
7229478 Shoulder prosthesis with anatomic reattachment features  
Apparatus and methods are disposed for maintaining the proper positioning of a prosthetic implant having proximal and distal ends within a prepared bone cavity during cement injection and curing....
7204854 Metal back prosthetic glenoid component with cemented pegs and hollow metal cage screw  
A prosthetic glenoid component for attachment to a glenoid surface of a scapula to replace a natural socket of a shoulder and to provide a bearing surface for a head portion of an arm bone or...
7186269 Composite shoulder prosthesis  
The invention is a modular composite shoulder prosthesis 64 , whose construct incorporates a solid autogenous bone graft 50 to be used to replace the upper humerus in certain fracture types. The...
7186362 Methods of improving the wear resistance of prosthetic medical devices  
A prosthetic medical device exhibiting improved wear resistance is fabricated by sealing at least one polyolefinic material in an airtight container and providing an inert atmosphere within the...
7166132 Adjustable bone prostheses and related methods  
Adjustable prostheses and related methods provide a wide range of adjustment along or about multiple axes. The prostheses and related methods make possible a straightforward, yet robust way of...
7160328 Method for securing a glenoid component to a scapula  
A medical procedure includes providing a prosthesis which includes (i) a body portion having a rear surface and a bearing surface, and (ii) an anchor peg including a shaft extending from the rear...
7108719 Joint prosthesis  
In a joint prosthesis with a base piece for anchoring in the bone, a collar piece articulated thereon and defining a collar axis, and a collar extension on the collar piece situated on the collar...
7033396 Shoulder or hip prosthesis facilitating abduction  
The prosthesis of this invention comprises a humeral or femoral component presenting a concave articulation surface, and an intermediate component presenting first and second convex articulation...
7022140 Acromioclavicular joint prosthesis  
The acromioclavicular joint prosthesis of the present invention provides a mechanism for securing the distal or outer end of the clavicle to the acromion of the scapula. The present prosthetic...
6986790 Shoulder prosthesis having infinitely adjustable humeral head  
A humeral prosthesis allows a surgeon to adjust humeral head position thereof in three-dimensional space with respect to a humeral component of the humeral prosthesis that has been either...
6953478 Shoulder prosthesis assembly  
The invention concerns a shoulder prosthesis assembly comprising a meta-glenoid element ( 7 ) formed by a plate ( 13 ) provided with a central tubular block ( 14 ) an anchoring members in the...
6942699 Shoulder prosthesis  
The present invention is directed to a modular shoulder prosthesis having an adjustable radial offset and/or angular inclination provided by relative rotation of an adapter interdisposed between...
6911047 Apparatus and method for securing a cementless glenoid component to a glenoid surface of a scapula  
A glenoid component for securement to a glenoid surface of a scapula so as to provide a bearing surface for a head portion of a humerus includes a body portion having a first surface configured to...
6863690 Humeral shoulder prosthesis  
The humeral portion of a shoulder prosthesis includes a diaphyseal component configured for fixation within the humerus, a metaphyseal component, configured for removable implantation within the...
6818020 Non-oxidizing polymeric medical implant  
A medical implant made of polymeric material having an increased oxidation resistance is formed by a method including the steps of placing a resin powder in a sealed container. A substantial...
6800670 Crosslinking of polyethylene for low wear using radiation and thermal treatments  
The present invention discloses methods for enhancing the wear-resistance of polymers, the resulting polymers, and in vivo implants made from such polymers. One aspect of this invention presents a...
6783550 Prosthesis and methods for unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty  
A knee joint prosthesis, comprising at least one femoral component and at least one tibial component. The femoral component having a first portion adapted for fixable attachment to a distal end of...
6783549 Modular humeral head resurfacing system  
A two piece humeral component for use in shoulder arthroplasty which is adapted to be implanted into a humerus and engaged by a glenoid component of a scapula. The humeral component includes a body...
6776799 Method and apparatus for replication of angular position of a humeral head of a shoulder prosthesis  
A jig for trialing a head and conjoining portion of a humeral (shoulder) prosthesis and transferring the spatial positioning to a final implant allows a surgeon to adjust humeral head position...
6755863 Rotator cuff repair using engineered tissues  
Living fibrocytes are combined with rotator cuff extracellular matrix obtained from recently deceased human or animal donors to eliminate pain in patients with tendonitis and other rotator cuff...
6749637 Endoprosthesis for a shoulder joint  
The invention relates to an endoprosthesis for a shoulder joint comprising a rotating piece which is connected to a shaft part such that it can rotate around a first axis, and comprising an axial...
6736851 Modular shoulder prosthesis  
A shoulder prosthesis and/or prosthesis sizing system, especially for treatment of degenerative arthritis or trauma, has an articulating head component. The shoulder prosthesis includes a humeral...
6712854 Acromial-humeral prosthesis and method of implantation  
The present invention features an acromial-humeral prosthesis for use in performing acromial-humeral arthoplasty. The prosthesis is useful for cases where massive, irreparable tears to the rotator...
6699289 Augmented glenoid component having an interrupted surface and associated method for securing the augmented glenoid component to a glenoid surface of a scapula  
A glenoid component for securement to a glenoid surface of a scapula so as to provide a bearing surface for a head portion of a humerus includes a body having a first surface configured to contact...
6673114 Multi modular trialing system and instrumentation  
Methods, instrumentation and devices for humeral implant positioning, including an improved trialing system utilizing an adjustment instrument and orientation indicia.
6626946 Shoulder prosthesis and humeral stems for such a prosthesis  
A prosthesis of the upper extremity of the humerus of the type that comprises a stem anchored in the humeral canal and provided on its upper or metaphyseal part with a bearing surface against which...
6589282 Modular shoulder prostheses  
A humeral prosthetic device having a body, a stem for anchoring the device in a humeral canal of a humerus, and a head for replacing a natural humeral head of the humerus. The head is disposed at a...
6436144 Shoulder joint endoprosthesis  
A shoulder joint endoprosthesis, consisting of a ball joint head and of a stem part which can be anchored in the humerus and has a prosthesis head. The prosthesis head has, on its outer surface, a...
6406495 Glenoid prosthesis and a modular system with glenoid prostheses  
A glenoid prosthesis including a bearing shell, the reverse side of which has a plurality of anchoring pins which are arranged to one another. At least one anchoring pin has a coupling element, and...
6406496 Humerus head prosthesis  
A humerus head prosthesis including a head and a shaft. A hollow quiver which has one or more openings in the jacket is arranged at the shaft proximally and below the head. The quiver is located at...
6368353 Shoulder prosthesis apparatus and methods  
A total shoulder replacement arthroplasty system which encompasses replacement of the humeral head with a modular artificial humeral head. The artificial humeral head is attached to an implant,...
6364910 Method and apparatus for use of a glenoid component  
A glenoid component for use in shoulder arthroplasty, the glenoid component is adapted to be implanted into a scapula and engaged by a head of a humeral component. The glenoid component has a body...
6342075 Prosthesis and methods for total knee arthroplasty  
A knee joint prosthesis, comprising at least one femoral component and at least one tibial component. The femoral component having a first portion adapted for fixable attachment to a distal end of...
6334874 Humeral prosthesis  
A humeral prosthesis including a shaft adapted to be anchored in a medullary canal of humerus, a metaphyseal portion extending upwardly and endwardly from said shaft and being joined at its outer...
6228119 Modular glenoid assembly  
A modular glenoid assembly is provided for attachment to a glenoid surface of a scapula. The modular glenoid assembly includes a base adapted to couple with the glenoid surface and a bearing...
6228120 Surgical equipment for implanting a total shoulder prosthesis, and total shoulder prosthesis constituting same  
The invention concerns a surgical equipment provided with a total shoulder prosthesis comprising a hemispherical plate cap (20) and a prosthesis shank consisting of a humeral rod (1), a humeral...
6171341 Prosthesis for the upper extremity of the humerus  
A humeral prosthesis of such a type that is provided with a rod intended to be anchored in the humeral canal of a patient, a metaphyseal element extending the rod upward and towards the inside,...
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