Title:
INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3822273
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a joint prosthesis that operates naturally and improve its abrasiveness, by furnishing a tensioning device which applys tensions between a femur and a tibia of knee joint, and a device that is combinable with the tensioner that measures the distance between the femur and the tibia when the knee joint are arranged extensionally and winding.
SOLUTION: When a rod 26 that exists in a bone of a control guide 10 is inserted in a femur and the control guide 10 is fixed by a surgeon aptly, pins are inserted in at least one airhole 30 for a pin guide 26 of one side of a duct 20 and a body 10 is fastened with a pin to a femur. A back condyle is guided by a guide pore of the body for the revolution control guide 10 and eliminated by a blade fora saw. Subsequently a revolution control guide is removed, then a surgery tensions to the knee joint which is fixed by inserting a tensioning device 40 between a shank bone and the femur. Hereby, a surgery makes a fine adjustment with keeping a balance of soft organization.
Inventors:
Robert E. Booth, Junior
Gregory C. Stall Cup
Rodney Bayes
Billy N. Sisk
Timothy R. Miller
Gregory C. Stall Cup
Rodney Bayes
Billy N. Sisk
Timothy R. Miller
Application Number:
JP34796A
Publication Date:
September 13, 2006
Filing Date:
January 05, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Robert E. Booth, Junior
International Classes:
A61F2/46; A61B17/02; A61B17/15; A61B17/56; A61B17/28; A61B19/00; A61F2/38; (IPC1-7): A61F2/46
Domestic Patent References:
| JP548699B2 | ||||
| JP7501966A |
Foreign References:
| US4487203 | ||||
| US4938762 | ||||
| FR2648699A1 | ||||
| GB2261604A | ||||
| US5059194 | ||||
| US4566448 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida
Toshio Toda
Masaya Nishiyama
Toshio Toda
Masaya Nishiyama