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Artificial joint fixation to bone
Assignee: UNITED STATES MEDICAL Corp A CORP OF DE
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Filing: 1982-08-03
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Granted: 1985-10-29
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Expires: 2002-08-03
Abstract
Abstract A joint prosthesis for fixation to the bone having a joint motion element and a stem attached thereto and extending into the central canal of the bone into which the prosthesis is to be fixed. That part of the prosthesis at the end of the bone located near the joint motion element defining an external geometric pattern of elongated projections spaced circumferentially around the prosthesis which engages with the bone when implanted thereby establishing a tight fit between the prosthesis and the bone.
Inventors
- 👤 Benjamin S. Meyer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 04:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C8/00; A61C8/0018; A61C8/0048; A61C8/005; A61C8/008; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/30721; A61F2/30734; A61F2/32; A61F2/38; A61F2/46; A61F2/4603; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/16; A61B17/1659; A61F2/30749; A61F2/36; A61F2/3662; A61F2/367; A61F2/3676; A61F2002/30738; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30841; A61F2002/30845; A61F2002/3085; A61F2002/30878; A61F2002/30879; A61F2002/30884; A61F2002/30891; A61F2002/30894; A61F2/34; A61F2002/3443; A61F2/3609; A61F2002/3625; A61F2002/3631; A61F2002/3678; A61F2002/369; A61F2002/4625; A61F2002/4627; A61F2002/4681; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A joint prosthesis component means for fixation to bone, comprising: first means defining a joint motion surface; a stem attached to said first means defining a joint motion surface for extending into the central canal of the bone into which the component means is to be fixed; that part of the prosthesis component means which is intended to be located within the bone at the end of bone near the joint motion surface defining an external geometric pattern of elongated projections spaced circumferentially around said prosthesis component means which engage with the bone when implanted in the bone, said elongated projections having a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a height of at least about 0.7 mm, a spacing of from about 1 mm to about 4 mm and an effective length at least ten times their thickness; and the effective length of said external geometric pattern of elongated projections is less than one half of that portion of the prosthesis component means which is intended to be implanted within the bone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A joint prosthesis component means for fixation to bone, comprising: first means defining a joint motion surface; a stem attached to said first means defining a joint motion surface for extending into the central canal of the bone into which the component means is to be fixed; that part of the prosthesis component means which is intended to be located within the bone at the end of bone near the joint motion surface defining an external geometric pattern of elongated projections spaced circumferentially around said prosthesis component means which engage with the bone when implanted in the bone, said elongated projections having a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a height of at least about 0.7 mm, a spacing of from about 1 mm to about 4 mm and an effective length at least ten times their thickness; and the effective length of said external geometric pattern of elongated projections is less than one half of that portion of the prosthesis component means which is intended to be implanted within the bone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A joint prosthesis component means according to claim 1 wherein said elongated projections define broaching means that establishes a tight fit and prevents rotation between said prosthesis component means and said bone when said prosthesis component means is driven and fixed into said central canal of the bone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A joint prosthesis component means according to claim 1 wherein a collar is formed at a proximal end of said projections and extending circumferentially beyond said projections so as to seat against a resected surface of said bone.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
265 words
A method for fixation of a joint prosthesis component means to a bone comprising the steps of: preparing the central canal of a bone forming part of a body joint at the end thereof near the body joint to receive a stem of a joint prosthesis component means having a joint motion surface, a stem to be received in the central canal of the bone, and an external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections; cutting a geometric pattern of elongated cavities in the central canal of the bone at said end near the body joint, said cavities having an inverse related geometry to the external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections to the prosthesis component means to enable interdigitation of the projections with the bone with zero clearance between the projections and cavities wherein said effectively elongated projections are spaced circumferentially around said central canal and said projections have a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a height of at least about 0.7 mm, a spacing of from about 1 mm to about 4 mm and an effective length at least ten times their thickness and wherein the effective length of said external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections is less than one half of that portion of the prosthesis component means which is implanted within the bone; and fixing the prosthesis component means to said bone by inserting the stem thereof into the prepared canal and forcing the projections into the cavities in engagement with the bone with sufficient security to have the prosthesis component means implanted in the bone.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
265 words
A method for fixation of a joint prosthesis component means to a bone comprising the steps of: preparing the central canal of a bone forming part of a body joint at the end thereof near the body joint to receive a stem of a joint prosthesis component means having a joint motion surface, a stem to be received in the central canal of the bone, and an external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections; cutting a geometric pattern of elongated cavities in the central canal of the bone at said end near the body joint, said cavities having an inverse related geometry to the external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections to the prosthesis component means to enable interdigitation of the projections with the bone with zero clearance between the projections and cavities wherein said effectively elongated projections are spaced circumferentially around said central canal and said projections have a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a height of at least about 0.7 mm, a spacing of from about 1 mm to about 4 mm and an effective length at least ten times their thickness and wherein the effective length of said external geometric pattern of effectively elongated projections is less than one half of that portion of the prosthesis component means which is implanted within the bone; and fixing the prosthesis component means to said bone by inserting the stem thereof into the prepared canal and forcing the projections into the cavities in engagement with the bone with sufficient security to have the prosthesis component means implanted in the bone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the steps of fixing said prosthesis component means includes broadening said central canal with said elongated projections when said prosthesis component means is driven into said central canal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the preparation of the central canal includes the step of excising a portion of the end of the bone transversely to the canal axis and providing a collar at the end of the elongated projections near the joint motion surface which contacts the excised end of the bone and which is shaped and sized to substantially cover same.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 4 including the further step of cementing the stem in the canal at a distal end remote from the joint motion surface.
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