US4676797A
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Unit for resection prosthesis
Assignee: Artos Medizinische Produkte GmbH
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Filing: 1984-11-07
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Granted: 1987-06-30
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Expires: 2004-11-07
Abstract
Abstract A resection prosthesis assembly unit including a head member, an end member and an intermediate member between the head and end members, of which one member is provided with a conical pin and another member is provided with a conical bore, with the latter two members being provided with respective first surfaces which extend transversely to an insertion direction and which face one another and are spaced apart to define a recess when the two members are connected together, one of the two members being further provided with a second surface extending in the insertion direction, and the recess being provided to receive a wedge insertable into the recess to bear against the first surfaces for forcing the two members apart while the forces exerted by the wedge are absorbed by the first surfaces and the wedge is guided by the second surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Emmanuel Anapliotis
- 👤 Curt Kranz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:31
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/46; A61F2/4637; A61F2/32; A61F2/36; A61F2/38; A61F2/3859; A61F2/3607; A61F2/3662; A61F2/367; A61F2/3672; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30331; A61F2002/30332; A61F2002/30339; A61F2002/30362; A61F2002/30364; A61F2002/30367; A61F2002/30474; A61F2002/30535; A61F2002/30537; A61F2002/3055; A61F2002/30599; A61F2002/30604; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30772; A61F2002/30878; A61F2002/30884; A61F2/3609; A61F2002/3625; A61F2002/365; A61F2002/4641; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/0033; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/006; A61F2250/0063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
In a resection prosthesis assembly unit comprising a head member and an end member of which one member is provided with a conical pin and the other member is provided with a conical bore and at least one intermediate member is provided which is adapted to the pin and/or the bore, with the different members, which abut when assembled, being secured against relative rotation by means of mutually adapted shaped portions, the improvement wherein: two of said members are constructed to be connected together by a pin-and-bore connection by insertion of a pin of one of the two members into a bore of the other of the two members in a selected insertion direction, said two members are provided with respective first surfaces which extend transversely to said insertion direction and which face one another and are spaced apart to define a recess when said two members are connected together so that said pin is fully inserted in said bore and said two members abut one another, one of said two members is further provided with a second surface extending in said insertion direction, and said recess is provided to receive a wedge insertable into said recess to bear against said first surfaces for forcing said two members apart while the forces exerted by the wedge are absorbed by said first surfaces and the wedge is guided by said second surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
In a resection prosthesis assembly unit comprising a head member and an end member of which one member is provided with a conical pin and the other member is provided with a conical bore and at least one intermediate member is provided which is adapted to the pin and/or the bore, with the different members, which abut when assembled, being secured against relative rotation by means of mutually adapted shaped portions, the improvement wherein: two of said members are constructed to be connected together by a pin-and-bore connection by insertion of a pin of one of the two members into a bore of the other of the two members in a selected insertion direction, said two members are provided with respective first surfaces which extend transversely to said insertion direction and which face one another and are spaced apart to define a recess when said two members are connected together so that said pin is fully inserted in said bore and said two members abut one another, one of said two members is further provided with a second surface extending in said insertion direction, and said recess is provided to receive a wedge insertable into said recess to bear against said first surfaces for forcing said two members apart while the forces exerted by the wedge are absorbed by said first surfaces and the wedge is guided by said second surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
Assembly unit according to claim 1 for use with a wedge having a fork shape and the two tines of the fork each individually have a wedge shape, with two said recesses being provided at mutually facing external regions of the prosthesis parts and the space between the two fork tines being adapted to the distance between the two recesses.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
Assembly unit according to claim 2, wherein said one of said two members is provided with two second surfaces constituting vertical external guide faces which correspond to the internal distance between correponding faces on the interior of the fork tines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
97 words
Assembly unit according to claim 1 wherein the longitudinal axis (13) of the intermediate member (5, 9) is curved similarly to the natural femur and the shaped portions (14, 15) of said two members are configured in such a manner that they fit into one another in two positions in which the abutting parts are rotated about their longitudinal axis (13) by an angle which is approximately 180° to the natural angle formed between the local planes of curvature of the longitudinal axes of the two natural, elongate portions of the thigh bones of a human being.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Assembly unit according to claim 4 wherein the shaped portions are configured to engage in one another with little play.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
Assembly unit according to claim 4 wherein the shaped portions are formed as a lip and a recess on surfaces (16, 17) which face one another when the unit is assembled.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
Assembly unit according to claim 6 wherein the shaped portions are designed as tongue (14) and groove (15).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
Assembly unit according to claim 7 wherein the tongue (14') is curved at an obtuse angle and the groove (15') is widened in the form of a wedge at one of its ends.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
Assembly unit according to claim 1 wherein the two members provided with a conical pin (11) and a conical bore (10), respectively, are designed in such a manner that, when assembled, said recess is located on the axis (13) of the cone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
Assembly unit according to claim 1 wherein the intermediate member (5) is provided with a longitudinal channel for an anchoring rod extending from the head member (1) to the end member (12).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
Assembly unit according to claim 1 wherein said end member comprises a lower shaft element (31') provided with a connecting member or a roll surface (32), respectively, for an artificial knee joint.
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