INSTRUMENTO ORTOPEDICO

• Main Author: ASHBY, ALAN MILES
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 16.01.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

UN INSTRUMENTO ORTOPEDICO PARA GUIAR ELEMENTOS PARA PREPARAR EL EXTREMO DISTAL DE UN FEMUR HUMANO, CON EL FIN DE RECIBIR UN COMPONENTE FEMORAL ENDOPROTESICO, CARACTERIZADO POR UN COMPONENTE BASE (6,7,8) PROVISTO DE ELEMENTOS GUIA (8) PARA GUIAR ELEMENTOS DE CORTE Y PERFILAR TODAS LAS SUPERFICIES NECESARIAS (1,2,3,4,5) PARA RECIBIR EL COMPONENTE FEMORAL QUE VA A SER AJUSTADO, UNA VEZ QUE DICHO COMPONENTE BASE (6,7,8) ES AJUSTADO AL HUESO, ELEMENTOS (31,27,40,60,80) PARA ALINEAR DICHO COMPONENTE BASE SOBRE EL HUESO Y ELEMENTOS (9,27,28) PARA UNIR DICHO COMPONETE BASE AL HUESO DESPUES DE LA ALINEACION. An orthopaedic instrument for guiding means for preparing the distal end of a human femur to receive an endoprosthetic femoral component characterised by a base component (6,7,8) provided with guide means (8) for guiding cutting means for shaping all of the necessary surfaces (1,2,3,4,5) to receive the femoral component to be fitted once said base component (6,7,8) is fitted to the bone, means (31,27,40,60,80) for aligning said base component on the bone and means (9,27,28) for attaching said base component to the bone after alignment.