ADVANCED BICONDYLAR JOINT PROSTHESIS
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Abstract Translated from French Prothèse de jointure bicondylienne pour articuler deux parties naturelles ou artificielles de membre humain, et comprenant deux paires d'éléments condyliens mâle et femelle coopérants. La protubérance condylienne mâle possède une courbure autour de l'axe d'articulation moyen, l'élément condylien médian femelle coopérant étant constitué par une gorge ayant un rayon de courbure autour dudit second axe, et le fond de ladite gorge étant sensiblement plat ou possédant un rayon de courbure de l'axe moyen d'articulation qui tend vers l'infini et est supérieur au rayon de courbure autour de l'axe d'articulation moyen de la protubérance condylienne mâle. Application en chirurgie. Bicondylar joint prosthesis for articulating two natural or artificial parts of a human limb, and comprising two pairs of cooperating male and female condylar elements. The male condylar protuberance has a curvature around the middle articulation axis, the cooperating female median condylar element being constituted by a groove having a radius of curvature around said second axis, and the bottom of said groove being substantially flat or having a radius of curvature of the mean axis of articulation which tends towards infinity and is greater than the radius of curvature around the mean axis of articulation of the male condylar protuberance. Application in surgery.
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