KNEE PROSTHESIS FEMORAL IMPLANT AND ORTHOPAEDIC EQUIPMENT SET COMPRISING SUCH A FEMORAL IMPLANT

• Main Authors: LE SAOUT, JACQUES, MUSSET, THIERRY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.10.2000
• Edition: 7
• 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

A knee prosthesis femoral implant includes two condyles integral with a throchlea and a centro-medullary block adapted to be fixed on a support base arranged between the condyles. The implant includes a wedge linking the base and the block. There is appropriate angular positioning of the wedge and t...