180results about "Ankle joints" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to a prosthesis (400) configured for implantation in a carpometacarpal joint in the wrist, the prosthesis comprising a first and a second implant part member (405a,b) configured to be screwed into a radius and metacarpal bone respectively. Each implant part member (405a,b) comprising an articulation member (420a,b) configured to be received in the bone fixation member (410a,b) in a releasable manner. The articulation members (420a,b) comprise orientation pins (423) configured to be inserted into bore sections of the bone fixation members 410a,b. When seated in the bore sections, the first portions of the articulation members (420a,b) with the orientation pins (423) are substantially centered along the central axes of the bone fixation members (410a,b), thereby forming common central axes extending through the bone fixation members (410a,b) and the articulation members (420a,b). The radius articulation member (420a) comprises a replacement articular surface configured for articulation with a replacement articular surface located on the metacarpal articulation member (420b). The radius replacement articular surface has (420a) a configuration that is asymmetric about the common central axis of the radius bone fixation (410a) and articulation members (420a). The bore sections have cross-section (419) extending perpendicularly to the central axis defining a first polygonal outline (429). The orientation pins (423) have cross-sections defining a second polygonal contour line, such that when the orientation pins (423) of the articulation members (420a,b) are seated in the bores of the bone fixation members (410a,b), rotation of the articulation members (420a,b) in relation to the bone fixation members (410a,b) is prevented.

A stem system for a total ankle replacement implant is provided. The stem system may include an outer shell defining a cavity therein and an inner core configured to be received within the cavity of the outer shell. Each of the outer shell and the inner core may have a plurality of segments, with each adjacent pair of segments being connected by a flexible joint. The flexible joints of the outer shell and inner core may be vertically offset about the longitudinal axis of the stem system, such that when the inner core is disposed within the cavity of the outer shell, the stem system is rigidized.

Bone and joint surface reconstruction methods are disclosed for the therapeutic amelioration of joint defects caused by various conditions, injuries, and diseases to help eliminate or reduce pain and return the joint to its proper bio-mechanical function without the need to replace fully or partially the anatomical joint. The joint may specifically include mammalian joints such as the femorotibial joint, for example. The methods disclosed herein leverage the significant role the subchondral bone plays in the health status of the afflicted joint.

Various embodiments of implant systems and related apparatus, and methods of operating the same are described herein. In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure, including a space truss, configured to interface with human bone tissue. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes. Implant are optimized for the expected stress applied at the bone structure site.

Provided is a total talar replacement prosthesis that has a metallic body shell and a metallic or biologic core, where the metallic body shell includes one or both of a removable calcaneus attachment and a removable navicular attachment. The attachments, when removed, exposes a respective calcaneus-facing surface or a navicular-facing surface that can enhance fusion to the respective bones, calcaneus and / or navicular.

An endoprostheses may include a bone anchor having a proximal end having an extension configured to be inserted into a residual portion of an amputated bone of a patient. The endoprostheses may also include a non-jointed endoprosthesis body configured to enclosed by soft tissue of the patient and having a proximal end configured to be coupled to a distal end of the bone anchor. The endoprostheses may also include a coupling configured to releasably engage the bone anchor and the non-jointed endoprosthesis body. The coupling may be configured to cooperate with the bone anchor and the non-jointed endoprosthesis body to maintain an axial and rotational arrangement of the non-jointed endoprosthesis body with respect to the bone anchor.

The customized artificial meniscus prosthesis comprises a meniscus body, a joint cotyle is arranged in the middle of the meniscus body, a meniscus joint protrusion capable of simulating the shape and the movement track of a meniscus is installed in the joint cotyle, and a center nail is fixedly connected to the top of the meniscus joint protrusion. The free end of the center nail extends out of the lunar bone body and is arranged in a head-shaped bone of the wrist of the human body, and a plurality of sets of ligament suture holes are further formed in the back side of the lunar bone body. The customized artificial lunar bone prosthesis provided by the invention aims to be applied to lunar bone replacement surgery, mainly aims at treating advanced lunar bone ischemic necrosis caused by non-traumatic or traumatic factors, and is beneficial to improving the stability of the prosthesis and improving the joint activity; basic biomechanics and clinical experiment research verify that the prosthesis has good mechanical properties and clinical curative effects, promote development of the lunar bone prosthesis, enable more patients to retain wrist joint movement, create more values for society and families, and contribute to achieving the goal of healthy China.

Provided is a total talar replacement prosthesis that has a metallic body shell and a metallic or biologic core, where the metallic body shell includes one or both of a removable calcaneus attachment and a removable navicular attachment. The attachments, when removed, exposes a respective calcaneus-facing surface or a navicular-facing surface that can enhance fusion to the respective bones, calcaneus and / or navicular.

To provide a bunion correction implant system for correcting a bunion formed at a joint between a metatarsal and a big toe.SOLUTION: An implant nail includes a first fastener and a second fastener, the implant nail having a body, the body having a head, an anchor, a neck, and a second opening. The head includes: a first end of the head including a first shoulder and a second shoulder; a second end of the head; and a first opening extending through the head, the first opening extending along a second axis of the head. The heat extends between a first end part of the head and a second end part of the head along a first axis of the head. The neck extends between the head and the anchor. The anchor and the neck extend along an implant axis. The second opening extends through the neck or the head and extends along a third axis of the head.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 25

The present disclosure relates to an implant having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a central portion positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The implant further includes a longitudinal axis with the proximal portion, the distal portion and the central portion being centered along the longitudinal axis. Further disclosed is an implant system that includes an implant having a proximal portion including an opening, a distal portion including a threading, a tip, and a tapping feature at the tip, and a central portion having at least one flat on an outer surface The central portion is disposed between the proximal and distal portions. The implant system also includes an insertion instrument configured to be releasably coupled with the implant.

Method for manufacturing a finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal prosthesis part (HPT; HPT') for a finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal prosthesis (HP), wherein the finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal prosthesis part (HPT;HPT') with a flange section (FA, FA') on which a joint (G) of the finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal joint prosthesis (HP) is to be arranged, and is formed with an anchoring section (VA, VA'), wherein the anchoring section (VA, VA') is provided for implantation into a cancellous canal (SK) of a finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal bone (MHK) to be attached to the finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal joint prosthesis (HP), wherein the anchoring section (VA, VA') is provided with an outer contour which is designed as a precisely fitting counterpart to an inner contour of the cancellous canal (SK) predominant in the area of ​​implantation, and that this inner contour of the cancellous canal (SK) has been previously determined, as well as a correspondingly designed finger, metacarpal, toe or metatarsal joint prosthesis part.;

A sacroiliac joint implant is formed from a web structure having a space truss with two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes. The web structure is configured for fusion of a sacroiliac joint.

Systems, devices, and techniques can be used to perform an osteotomy on a bone of a foot, to realign a cut bone portion relative to an adjacent bone portion, and / or to fixate a moved position of the cut bone portion relative to the adjacent bone portion for fusion. In some examples, the disclosed devices and techniques can be used as part of a metatarsal correction procedure in which a metatarsal is treated to correct a bunion deformity.

A modular bone implant for affixation to a bone having a bone end surface and a bone side surface oriented at an angle with respect to each other. The implant comprises an anchor seat with an inner seat surface configured for abutting the bone end surface, and an elongate stem extending from the anchor seat with a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and a stem long axis. The proximal end portion comprises a planar surface obliquely angled relative to the stem long axis and configured for positioned placement under the bone side surface. At least one fixating element extends from the anchor seat adjacent the stem, having a fixator long axis parallel to the stem long axis and a length shorter than that of the stem. The implant may include a connecting portion configured to breach the bone side surface for attachment to a bone plate, which may be covered by a fixation plate.

The present disclosure provides a prosthetic implant for tibia fixation in a total ankle replacement device. A method including the apparatus is also disclosed.

A method of securing bones for fusion includes positioning an implant guide sleeve on a first bone, a second bone, and across a separation between the first bone and the second bone, the method further includes using the implant guide sleeve to guide creation of a first implant hole in the first bone and to guide creation of a second implant hole in the second bone, aligning an inserter operably connected to the implant with the implant guide sleeve, and advancing the inserter relative to the implant guide sleeve to position the implant in contact with the first bone and the second bone, wherein the implant bridges the first bone and the second bone.

An orthopedic implant assembly includes a bone plate configured to couple the implant assembly to a fractured bone. A piezoelectric component is disposed on the bone plate and configured to produce an electrical output corresponding to a load the piezoelectric component is subjected to. When the implant is in contact with the fractured bone the electrical output is transmitted to the fractured bone.

Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the boney structures which are coupled to the anchors.

The present application relates to the technical field of surgical robot control, and a laser osteotomy forming assisted ankle joint replacement surgery robot control method and system, comprising: using a surgical robot to cut and shave a simulated ankle bone to obtain an original osteotomy depth and a target sound wave signal group, identifying an osteotomy laser feature group of the target sound wave signal group, adjusting an original laser parameter group to obtain a replacement laser parameter group, performing a laser osteotomy test based on the replacement laser parameter group to obtain an adjusted osteotomy depth and an adjusted sound wave signal set, identifying an adjusted laser feature group set of the adjusted sound wave signal set, calculating a correlation intensity value, and determining a target laser parameter group set based on the correlation intensity value. The present application can improve the stability and accuracy of the laser osteotomy forming assisted ankle joint replacement surgery robot in cutting and shaving under complex geometric and complex material conditions, and improve the intelligent degree of the surgical robot control.

A talonavicular joint prosthesis includes a navicular component configured to be implanted in a navicular bone and including a base and a surface having an articulation recess formed therein; and a talar component configured to be implanted in a talus bone and including a bearing section configured to rest within the articulation recess. The talar component and the navicular component are shaped such that, when brought together, there is more conformity between the navicular component and the talar component in a dorsal-plantar plane than in a medial-lateral plane.

A hip balancing sensor system with an integrated ratcheting adjustment mechanism is provided for determining an optimal femoral head offset during hip arthroplasty. The system includes a femoral head offset tool with a head containing a chamber and a collar configured to attach to a femoral stem. The tool comprises force sensors, an IMU, and a spring system configured to automatically adjust femoral head offset by moving the head relative to the collar within a chamber of the head until force equilibrium is achieved. The head is configured to interface with various acetabular structures including acetabular cups, native acetabulum, or acetabular defects. A sensing controller monitors the adjustment process and detects when spring force equals soft tissue resistance indicating optimal positioning. Upon achieving equilibrium, the surgeon measures the femoral head offset distance using a sizing tool and selects a permanent femoral head implant.

The utility model discloses a customized artificial lunar bone prosthesis which comprises a lunar bone body, a joint cotyle is arranged in the middle of the lunar bone body, a head-moon joint protrusion capable of simulating the form and the movement track of a head-moon bone is installed in the joint cotyle, and the top of the head-moon joint protrusion is fixedly connected with a center nail. The free end of the center nail extends out of the lunar bone body and is arranged in a head-shaped bone of the wrist of the human body, and a plurality of sets of ligament suture holes are further formed in the back side of the lunar bone body. The customized artificial lunar bone prosthesis provided by the utility model aims to be applied to lunar bone replacement surgery, mainly aims to treat advanced lunar bone ischemic necrosis caused by non-traumatic or traumatic factors, and is beneficial to improving the stability of the prosthesis and improving the joint movement; basic biomechanics and clinical experiment research verify that the prosthesis has good mechanical properties and clinical curative effects, promote development of the lunar bone prosthesis, enable more patients to retain wrist joint movement, create more values for society and families, and contribute to achieving the goal of healthy China.

An improved surgical system and procedure for correcting a deformity between first and second bones using an alignment guide based on a correction factor. The correction factor can be based on a virtual model of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration and a corrected configuration. In the virtual corrected configuration, first and second virtual axes can be fixed in the respective first and second bones. When reverted to the virtual deformed configuration, the orientation of the first and second axes can be used to determine the correction factor. The alignment guide is used to insert one or more k-wires into each of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration. A correction guide is passed along the k-wires to rotate and / or translate the first bone relative to the second bone into the corrected configuration.

The present application belongs to the field of foot and ankle surgical implant devices and biomedical material surface engineering technology, and discloses a tibial component of ankle prosthesis with a composite coating, which comprises: a metal substrate which is a bionic trabecular three-dimensional interconnected porous titanium alloy structure, the porosity is 50-80%, the average pore size is 400-900 mu m, and the connected porosity is greater than or equal to 85%, so that the elastic modulus is controlled in the range of 5-20 GPa, and is matched with the cancellous bone of the tibia; a composite functional coating is in situ grown on the surface of the metal substrate, and the composite functional coating comprises a bioactive layer and a functional ion doped layer. The tibial component of the present application comprises a porous titanium alloy metal substrate and a composite functional coating constructed in situ on the surface thereof, the porous titanium alloy substrate is designed in a bionic trabecular structure to form a three-dimensional interconnected porous structure, so as to provide an elastic modulus matched with the cancellous bone of the tibia and promote the growth of bone tissue.

Alignment instruments may include joint-line referencing systems having an alignment arm having a body with first and second portions defining first and second sides. The first portion has at least one first pin tube through-hole extending from the first to the second side. The second portion has a first opening on the first side. A pin tube guide member is receivable in the first through-hole. The pin tube guide member has a passageway therethrough. An angelwing alignment member includes a portion receivable in the first opening of the alignment arm. An alignment foot is secured to the second portion, and the alignment foot has a handle and a shim. The shim is positionable in a joint between a first bone and a second bone, the alignment arm is alignable relative to a first bone, and the pin tube guide is operable for securing a pin into the first bone

An implant system for dynamic stabilization of a syndesmotic joint. The system includes a soft bone anchor, a dynamic bone anchor, and a tether coupled to and extending between the soft bone anchor and the dynamic bone anchor. First and second retention portions of the tether are knotlessly coupled to the dynamic bone anchor, and an intermediate portion of the tether extending between the first and second retention portions passes through the soft bone anchor. An inner portion of the intermediate portion extends to and is elastically coupled to the dynamic bone anchor. The system further includes an insertion and tensioning instrument, the soft bone anchor being removably held on a free end of the first portion of the instrument, and the dynamic bone anchor being removably held on at least one of the first and second portions of the base.

The present disclosure relates to an implant component with at least one connecting section, wherein the connecting section is coated at least partially with a Zr coating and the coating has a thickness of 1-20 µm, preferably 1-6 µm. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a modular endoprosthesis with an implant component, the use of a Zr coating for the prevention of crevice corrosion and / or fretting corrosion, and the use of an implant component in patients with a metal allergy.

The surgical implant assembly comprises first and second anchor bodies configured to engage with the respective metacarpal surfaces of the first and second metacarpal bones, a main suture having a suture length extending between the first and second ends of the main suture, and a secondary suture having a suture length extending between the first and second ends of the secondary suture, wherein the suture length of the main suture comprises a first suture portion passing through the first anchor body and an extension between the first and second suture portions of the main suture. The first suture includes a bridging portion of the main suture and a second suture portion that passes through the second anchor body, wherein the first suture portion is located between the bridging portion and the first end, the second suture portion is located between the bridging portion and the second end, the auxiliary suture includes an auxiliary suture portion that passes through the first anchor body, the auxiliary suture portion is located between the first end and the second end of the auxiliary suture, and no portion of the auxiliary suture passes through the second anchor body.

The present application belongs to the technical field of surgical implant medical devices for foot and ankle, and discloses a preset angle ankle arthrodesis device with functions of promoting bone integration and resisting bacteria, which has a preset angle suitable for tibiodal joint, ranging from 3° to 7°. The device further comprises a three-dimensional porous bone implant body, a surface of the three-dimensional porous bone implant body in contact with host bone tissue is a porous titanium alloy, a plurality of convex anti-rotation ridges are arranged on the upper and lower end faces of the three-dimensional porous bone implant body, the three-dimensional porous bone implant body is fixed by occlusion with the host bone through the anti-rotation ridges, an in-situ growth film layer is grown on the surface of the three-dimensional porous bone implant body, and the in-situ growth film layer comprises functional substances and antibacterial substances. The present application effectively solves the technical problems of slow bone integration, high risk of infection, rotation instability and insufficient mechanical support in ankle arthrodesis, significantly improves the success rate of fusion and reduces postoperative complications.

Prosthetic ankle replacements, prostheses, and associated methods of implanting prosthetic ankle and other joint replacements. In one form, a tibia stem has a geometry to facilitate implant installation while providing means to transfer load over a larger surface area through a press-fit, scratch-fit or cortical fit, thus lowering the contact stresses at the tibia-metal implant interface. The design and its implantation procedure also address minimization of misalignment. A talus element presents a partial-hemispherical surface; a tibial element which is to be affixed within the tibia, having an elongated stem part which extends into and within a canal of the tibial inner cortex, an intermediate body part which smoothly widens in radius toward an end which is a base to the tibial element, the base having a concavity formed therein shaped to match the partial-hemispherical surface of the talus element with a plastic cap between the two.