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Material for making bone endoprosthesis and endoprosthesis made of said material
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-09-08
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Granted: 1978-05-16
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Expires: 1996-09-08
Abstract
Abstract A material for making a bone endoprosthesis having a reinforcing base composed of nets which are made of a chemically and biologically inert metal and elastic polymeric material. The entire space confined within the nets is occupied by the binder doped with an antiseptic, the volumetric ratio between the metal nets and the entire material being selected such that the modulus of elasticity of the material approximates that of the bone tissue to be replaced. An endoprosthesis of the invention is cross-sectionally shaped as a row of spirals made of the proposed material and interlinked through an element made of the same network material, while the entire space between the prosthesis components is embedded in the binder. In an embodiment of the present invention, the endoprosthesis has a spiral sheath made of the proposed material. The interior space of the sheath accommodates several spirals, each comprising a number of spirals interlinked by the element made of the proposed network material.
Inventors
- 👤 Viktor Konstantinovich Kalnberz
- 👤 Kharald Arnoldovich Yanson
- 👤 Ivar Valterovich Knets
- 👤 Jury Zhanovich Saulgozis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 20:31
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/28; B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; A61F2/30; A61F2/3094; A61F2/30965; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/40; A61L27/44; A61L27/50; A61L27/54; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; B32B15/14; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/30004; A61F2002/30009; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30138; A61F2002/30148; A61F2002/30667; A61F2002/30677; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30907; A61F2002/30909; A61F2002/30914; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0017; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0028; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/0067; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00017; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00029; A61L2300/00; A61L2300/40; A61L2300/404; A61L2430/00; A61L2430/02; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/38; B32B2535/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249922; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/10; Y10T442/102; Y10T442/109; Y10T442/131
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A material for making bone endoprostheses, featuring a laminated structure and comprising: a reinforcing base made as a number of nets, some of which are of a chemically and biologically inert metal or alloy, while the other nets are of a chemically and biologically inert polymeric material; an antiseptic-doped binding agent occupying the whole space confined within said nets; the volumetric ratio between said metallic nets and the entire material being selected such that the modulus of elasticity of the material approximates that of the bone tissue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
A material for making bone endoprostheses, featuring a laminated structure and comprising: a reinforcing base made as a number of nets, some of which are of a chemically and biologically inert metal or alloy, while the other nets are of a chemically and biologically inert polymeric material; an antiseptic-doped binding agent occupying the whole space confined within said nets; the volumetric ratio between said metallic nets and the entire material being selected such that the modulus of elasticity of the material approximates that of the bone tissue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wires of the nets form parallelogram-shaped meshes featuring an acute angle equal to 60°.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wires of the nets are set apart in parallel planes at a maximum angle of 10°.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the volumetric ratio between the metal net and the entire implant is within 1:5 to 1:3.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the binder is essentially epoxy resin with a curing agent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the binder is essentially polyethylene with graphite filler.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
An endoprosthesis made of the material as claimed in claim 1, wherein it is essentially a plurality of rows of spirals wound from said network material and arranged lengthwise the axis of the endoprosthesis, each of the rows of spirals being interconnected by an element made of the network material, which embraces all the spirals, all the rows of said spirals of the endoprosthesis being embedded in a binder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
An endoprosthesis made of the material as claimed in claim 7, wherein the hand of winding of adjacent spirals in each of the rows alternates.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
An endoprosthesis made of the material as claimed in claim 7, wherein the centres of the spirals in each row lie on a common imaginary straight line.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
103 words
An endoprosthesis made of the material as claimed in claim 1, wherein it is shaped as a spiral sheath whose interior space accommodates a number of spirals arranged lengthwise said sheath, the perimeter of each of the spirals being less than that of the sheath, each of the spirals being cross-sectionally shaped as a row of spirals made of said network material and interlinked by an element made of the same material, and provision being made in the central zone of the sheath for a bearing rod arranged lengthwise the latter, while all the components of the prosthesis are embedded in a binder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
An endoprosthesis as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the sheath approximates an oblique-angled triangle, while the spirals are located at the vertices of said triangle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
An endoprosthesis as claimed in claim 11, wherein the hand of winding of the spiral located at the vertex of the smaller oblique angle of said triangle is opposite to that of the spirals located at the remaining vertices of the triangle.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
An endoprosthesis as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the spirals enclosed in the sheath is twisted from a number of spirals of a smaller perimeter.
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