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8066779 Modular hip joint implant  
A modular hip joint implant and associated method. The modular hip implant includes a femoral stem having a proximal surface defining a dovetail groove having first and second female wings, and a...
8021433 Modular long bone prosthesis  
A prosthesis for partial replacement of a long bone in humans or animals, the prosthesis including: a proximal or distal end component forming one component of a prosthetic joint; a shaft on or...
7931691 External proximal femoral prosthesis for total hip arthroplasty  
A external femoral component for mechanically housing onto exterior remnant of natural femur and coupling with articulation elements in order to use in total hip arthroplasty defines as a hollow...
7914584 Prosthesis system with trunnion and removably coupled head  
A prosthesis includes a trunnion having a first end defining a uniform cross-section and a second end adapted to be fixed to a prosthesis stem. A ceramic head has a first bearing surface on which a...
7909881 Femoral prosthesis  
A prosthetic femoral implant has a stem having a proximal end and a distal end. A circumferential collar is formed on the proximal end of the stem having a proximally facing surface in the form of...
7896926 Method of surface oxidizing zirconium and zirconium alloys and resulting product  
A coating of blue-black or black oxidized zirconium of uniform and controlled thickness on a zirconium or zirconium alloy material is accomplished through the oxidative treatment of an amorphous...
7854767 Single entry portal implant  
A modular prosthesis that may be implanted in a highly minimally invasive manner. Specifically, the modular prosthesis may include a neck and an anchor. Both the neck and the anchor are configured...
7842095 Antibiotic bone cement spacer  
A temporary femoral implant system has a porous mold and a femoral component. The system fits at least partially in a femoral cavity. The mold has a wall with an interior surface and an exterior...
7763080 Implant system with migration measurement capacity  
Position reference members are provided as part of an orthopaedic implant system. Both position reference members can be implanted on or in the same bone as the other parts of the implant. One of...
7591856 Apparatus for total hip replacement for cases of hip ankylosis and severe joint infection  
A hip replacement apparatus that normally includes a supporting rod bent into an acute angle at its center with a rounded head on one end. This supporting rod can be received at the pelvis into a...
7494509 Method and apparatus for providing a short-stemmed hip prosthesis  
A method of implanting at least a stem member of a femoral insert into an intramedullary canal of a femur. The method includes making an anterior incision for accessing the intramedullary canal,...
7335231 Containment system for constraining a prosthetic component  
Methods, systems and devices for preventing prosthetic articulating surfaces from separating from each other. A containment system according to one embodiment seeks to prevent an implant stem head...
7326253 Prosthetic cup assembly having increased assembly congruency  
A prosthetic component assembly, such as an acetabular cup, includes a shell and a bearing insert or liner. The shell and bearing insert are configured to provide an increased congruency between...
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...
7105028 Tissue preserving and minimally invasive hip replacement surgical procedure  
A minimally invasive hip replacement surgical procedure that is also tissue preserving is disclosed. By making a superior incision, rather than a posterior incision, neither the posterior hip...
7004972 Two-incision minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty  
A surgical procedure for replacing a destructed hip joint with an artificial joint is disclosed. The present invention provides a two-incision minimally invasive surgery for total hip arthroplasty....
6991656 Method and apparatus for performing a minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty  
A method and apparatus for performing a minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty. An approximately 3.75-5 centimeter (1.5-2 inch) anterior incision is made and the femoral neck is severed from the...
6905515 Junction for a modular implant  
The present invention provides an improved junction for modular implant components.
6800095 Diamond-surfaced femoral head for use in a prosthetic joint  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
6656226 Plastic jacket for a cementless artificial joint stem and artificial joint having the jacket  
A plastic jacket for affixing an artificial joint to a bone. The plastic jacket includes a body for contacting with the bone, an opening for receiving the artificial joint, which is formed with a...
6610095 Prosthetic joint having substrate surface topographical featurers and at least one diamond articulation surface  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
6554865 Humeral stem with distal tri-slot  
A series of humeral stems, each stem including an axial bore and longitudinal slots along the distal end to allow for distal compression. The compression force necessary to compress the distal...
6432141 Joint prosthesis assembly and method for installing same  
A joint prosthesis assembly includes a stem for disposition in a canal of a first bone constituting a first portion of the joint, a neck fixed to the stem, a collar fixed on the neck and having a...
6361566 Hip prosthesis  
There is disclosed a hip prosthesis to replace a damaged hip-joint. The hip prosthesis is intended to be disposed at one end thereof into a cup-shaped cavity of an acetabulum and at the other end...
6245111 Method and apparatus for fighting infection and maintaining joint spacing in a prosthesis implant area  
The present invention relates to a prosthetic device for placement in an implant area of the body. The prosthetic device comprises an elongated stem portion, a neck portion, and a head portion....
6214053 Prosthesis with centralizer and centralizer for use therewith  
A prosthesis provided with a device for guiding its stem in a bone cavity and in which it is to be attached by cement. The sleeve guiding device comprises a sleeve having an opening to receive the...
6190417 Femoral prosthesis device  
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...
6187049 Ceramic femur head for artificial joint  
A ceramic femur head is nearly spherical and has a planar end surface. The femur head has a diametric, tapered hole which extends from the planar surface in a way as to taper toward an inner end...
6136036 Endoprosthesis for an artificial hip-joint  
The present invention concerns an endoprosthesis for an artificial hip-joint, the endoprosthesis including a shank (1) having an adapter (2) at one of its ends. A ballhead (4) is fitted with a...
5931871 Kit of parts for a modular femur head prosthesis, in particular, a reoperation prosthesis, and a femur head prosthesis from such a kit of parts  
The kit of parts comprises a distal shaft part (2) and a neck part (3) which can be equipped with a joint ball (10), with the neck part being supported on the shaft part (2) by approximately...
5888211 Bipolar-unipolar adaptor for a head trial  
A femoral head trial adaptor for converting a shell trial to a head trial includes a barrel member having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving a femoral neck trial....
5879393 Trial femoral prosthesis for use in knee joint replacement surgery  
A posterior stabilized femoral trial apparatus for preparing a patient's femur to receive a posterior stabilized femoral prosthesis includes a trial body with proximal and distal portions, the...
5871549 Femoral stem with reduced coefficient of friction with respect to bone cement  
An orthopedic device is provided having a femoral stem with a proximal end, a distal end, and an intermediate portion extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The intermediate portion...
5800559 Coated femoral stem prosthesis  
A femoral hip component for use in hip arthroplasty has a stem portion for contact with bone cement. The stem portion is formed from a biocompatible material having a surface finish of less than...
5800553 Hip joint prosthesis to be permanently anchored within a femur of a patient  
A hip joint prosthesis to be permanently anchored in a patient's hip is disclosed. The prosthesis comprises an attachment part for a ball unit designed to be anchored in the neck of a human femur....
5702483 Debris isolating prosthetic hip joint  
A prosthetic hip assembly comprising an acetabular component having a bearing surface which forms a first articulating surface and a femoral component including a spherically shaped head defining a...
5658352 Hip prosthesis and its use  
The invention relates to a hip joint prosthesis and its use in hip joint surgery. Essentially, the construction of the prosthesis is a laterally open hollow body whose cross-section (31) is...
5336268 Adjustable hip joint endoprosthesis  
An adjustable hip joint endoprosthesis has an adjustable prosthesis head, which is connected with a stem that can be fixed in the femur. To absorb overloads, which would result in damage to the...
5312216 Artificial joint prosthesis  
The currently used method for the replacement of joints greatly limits how the joint can be used. This invention overcomes these limitations returning the joint to full normal use. This is...
5047062 Femoral stem-type prosthesis  
An improved stem-type prosthesis, including a head, stem and neck providing reduced bending and shear loading of the neck thereby allowing the use of a smaller neck to improve the range of motion...
4944764 Hip prosthesis  
A hip prosthesis comprises a generally cylindrical elongate shaft adapted for insertion into the femur of a subject, and a generally spherical head mounted on the shaft via a generally cylindrical...
4813962 Hip joint prosthesis  
The prosthesis has a blade with a roof-ridge shaped shoulder at the proximal end adjacent to the neck. In addition, a bore is disposed in the shoulder on a medial plane so that a hook-shaped...
4714478 Prosthesis, method, and tool for installing same  
An endoprosthesis which comprises a flexible, collapsible, hollow device which can be filled after it is positioned within the bone structure. In the case of a prosthesis designed to replace the...
4092741 Prosthetic device for use as a hip joint  
A prosthetic device for use as a hip joint comprises a substantially spherical portion locatable in the acetubular fossa of a pelvis bone, and a longitudinal portion locatable in a thighbone. The...
3765034 FEMORAL HIP PROSTHESIS WITH POSITIONING AND DRILL GUIDE ASSEMBLY  
A hip joint prosthesis of generally conventional configuration in that it includes an elongated tapered spindle curving slightly laterally at its major dimension end with the latter including a...
3510883 JOINT PROSTHESIS  
3102536 Hip prosthesis  
3064645 Damped prosthesis forming a substitute for the coxo-femoral articulation  
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