ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINT STEM AND STEM PROVIDING METHOD

• Main Authors: KIM, HYUN DUK, KIM, DOO MAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.04.2018
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

The present invention relates to an artificial hip joint stem and a stem providing method, and the artificial hip joint stem, which is used to replace the damaged femoral head or acetabulum, comprises: a stem body having a head fixing part, which protrudes from the upper part thereof and fixes a head, an operating space horizontally opened at the upper side thereof, and a head insertion hole vertically penetrated so as to be connected to the operating space; a screw part inserted into the head insertion hole and rotating; an operation converting part inserted into the operating space so as to vertically move by the screw part in a state in which the operation converting part is connected to the screw part; a fixing bracket inserted into the operating space such that the screw part is fixed so as to rotate without changing the depth thereof; a variable operating part inserted into a supporting surface of the stem body so as to adjust a horizontal width by means of operation of the operation converting part; and a movable pin for fixing the variable operating part to the operation converting part.