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An orthopaedic system includes a tibial insert and a femoral component configured to articulate on the tibial insert. The tibial insert includes an articular surface, and the femoral component includes a femoral articular surface having decreasing radii of curvature posteriorly. The articular surface of the tibial insert includes an increased anterior lip to improve stability of the femoral component.

The invention provides a tibial plateau assembly and a knee joint prosthesis with the tibial plateau assembly.The tibial plateau assembly comprises a first driving part arranged on a tibial plateau and hinged to a tibial pad, the first driving part has a first driving state and a first static state, and when the first driving part is in the first driving state, the first driving part drives the tibial pad to rotate; the first driving piece can stretch out and draw back in the direction from the tibia platform to the tibia gasket; the second driving piece and the first driving piece are arranged on the tibia platform in a spaced mode, the second driving piece is hinged to the tibia gasket, the second driving piece has a second driving state and a second static state, and when the second driving piece is in the second driving state, the second driving piece can stretch out and draw back in the direction from the tibia platform to the tibia gasket; the first driving part and the second driving part are matched to adjust the distance and / or the inclination angle between the tibia gasket and the tibia platform. According to the technical scheme, the problem that the relative position between the tibia gasket and the tibia platform cannot be adjusted in the prior art is effectively solved.

An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with articular features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee, promote and / or accommodate desired articulation with an abutting femoral component, and facilitate expedient and effective implantation by a surgeon.

The invention provides a knee joint prosthesis tibial plateau capable of enhancing fixation and a tool matched with the tibial plateau, the knee joint prosthesis tibial plateau specifically comprises a tibia support, the tibia support is of a hollow cylinder structure, and three convex bodies are fixedly arranged on the outer surface of the tibia support; a groove penetrating into the tibia support is formed in the abutment, and the abutment is fixedly arranged on the tibia support; the pushing device comprises extension rods arranged at the two ends of a worm, the worm with threads arranged on the outer surfaces of the two ends, turbines arranged on the two sides of the worm, upper supporting bodies arranged at the tops of the turbines and connected with the fixing device through first connecting bodies, and lower supporting bodies arranged at the bottoms of the turbines and connected with the fixing device. The fixing device is a hollow cone, a first spring is arranged in the fixing device, one end of the first spring is connected with the first connector, and the other end of the first spring is connected with a fixing block. According to the technical scheme, the technical problem that after the knee joint prosthesis is implanted into the tibia, the tibial plateau is unstable, the prosthesis is loosened and disengaged, and then bone fusion is affected is effectively solved.

An assembly for making an intramedullary spacer made of medical cement, designed to be inserted in a medullary canal. The assembly includes comprising a stem module and a reinforcing core. The stem module includes an end wall delimiting below a stem moulding chamber (SMC); and wherein the reinforcing core is at least partly positioned in the stem moulding chamber (SMC).

The invention relates to a tibial plateau prosthesis. The tibial plateau prosthesis mainly comprises a tibial spacer, a tibial plateau and a sleeve. The tibia gasket is provided with a first fixing block and three arc-shaped holes, and movable second fixing blocks are arranged in the holes. The tibial plateau comprises a plateau support with open holes and a shell, and the open holes are formed in the side portion and the bottom of the shell. The screw penetrates through the gasket and the platform support to be inserted into the shell, and outer threads of the screw are meshed with inner threads of the sleeve. The sleeve moves upwards and extends out of the side hole of the shell through a hinged connecting rod system to penetrate into the medullary cavity to enhance fixation. A spring is arranged in the screw to drive the first pushing part and can be matched with the sleeve to prevent downward movement; and meanwhile, the second pushing part in the screw can extend into the medullary cavity from the bottom through threads. The design realizes multidirectional fixation and improves the stability of the prosthesis.

Prosthetic devices allow for full articulation of the joint, while absorbing impact of the components during normal use that will reduce wear on the device components and prolong life. The device may include a bone implantable component and a bearing component having an articulation surface that is sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component and a damping mechanism that includes a contact member disposed at least primarily inside a cavity; a biasing member biasing the contact member toward an upper aperture of the cavity and means for capturing the contact member within the cavity.

Orthopedic implants and related surgical methods for using same. The implants have suture bore geometries that facilitate performance of the surgical methods, thereby providing for improved optimal biomechanical force application in various anatomies. The implants include suture bores that have an angled / diagonal, or skewed, orientation within the anatomical planes (lateral / sagittal and frontal / coronal). The suture bores have the skewed orientation so that the adjacent soft tissues (i.e., tendons or ligaments) can be advanced via the suture therethrough in superior-inferior and inferior-superior directions. Openings, or holes, at the ends of the suture bores are configured to approximate the adjacent associated soft tissue to the implant.

According to one example, a tibial prosthesis that can include a tibial bearing component, tibial baseplate, an insert and a fastener. The tibial bearing component can have medial and lateral proximal articular surfaces and an opposing distal surface. The tibial bearing component can define at least one recess therein with the recess having an opening at a periphery of the tibial bearing component. The tibial baseplate can be coupled to the tibial bearing component on the proximal surface thereof and having a distal surface configured to be disposed on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The insert can be configured to be disposed within the recess and can engage the tibial baseplate and the tibial bearing component. The fastener can be insertable into the tibial bearing component and can be configured to retain the insert to the tibial baseplate.

The invention relates to a bionic meniscus 3D printing method and system, and the method comprises the steps: reading a meniscus STL model, carrying out the data preprocessing of the data of the model, and carrying out the construction to obtain a concave envelope contour; performing offset processing and four-curve segmentation to generate an elliptic equation fiber field; establishing a bidirectional mapping relation between a parameter space of an elliptic equation fiber field and a meniscus physical space based on an RBF mapping theory; based on a meniscus fiber density gradient change theory, performing simulation in a parameter space of the elliptic equation fiber field to obtain a bionic gradient fiber field; according to the meniscus STL model, the bidirectional mapping relation and the bionic gradient fiber field, fiber path coordinates of a meniscus physical space are obtained, and a 3D printing path is generated; and printing according to the 3D printing path to obtain the bionic meniscus. Precise simulation of a natural meniscus complex fiber structure is achieved through mathematical modeling, and the technical problems that in the prior art, fiber field control precision is insufficient, and regional characteristics are difficult to achieve are solved.

The invention provides a medical implant, a preparation method thereof and an artificial knee joint. The medical implant comprises a macromolecular porous stent and a hydrogel composite material at least filled in pores of the macromolecular porous stent, and the material of the macromolecular porous stent comprises a degradable macromolecular material and carbon nanotubes distributed in the degradable macromolecular material. The hydrogel composite material comprises a hydrogel material matrix and seed cells distributed in the hydrogel material matrix. According to the invention, the degradable high polymer material and the hydrogel material are combined, the carbon nanotubes are introduced into the degradable high polymer material, and meanwhile, seed cells are arranged in a hydrogel material matrix, so that the implantable stent material which has proper degradation performance and good mechanical properties and is renewable is provided.

An insert for use in a knee prosthesis is disclosed. In one embodiment, the insert includes a medial compartment and a lateral compartment. The medial compartment includes a top surface having a concave surface or curve with a more posterior sulcus and increased anterior lip. The lateral compartment includes a top surface having at least a segment or portion with a convex surface or curve. Thus arranged, the insert is arranged and configured to provide improved stability for varying grades of PCL deficiencies compared to existing inserts that have a mid-line sulcus and lateral convexity. In addition, the insert provides improved lateral posterior translation compared to existing designs with a concave or flat lateral articulation that lack a lateral posterior convexity.

To provide, e.g., a stem provisional assembly that can be configured to be moveable in vivo to position a stem provisional assembly within a bone recess.SOLUTION: According to one example, a provisional system for a knee arthroplasty is disclosed. The system can include any one or combination of a first provisional component 212, a second provisional component 154, a stem provisional assembly 124 and a fastener 214. The first provisional component can be configured to be disposed on a resected bone surface. The second provisional component can be configured to be disposed in a first recess beneath the resected bone surface. The stem provisional assembly can be configured to be disposed in a second recess, and is configured to be engageable in vivo to position the first provisional component on the resected bone surface. The fastener can be configured to couple the first provisional component, the second provisional component and the stem provisional assembly together as an assembly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 19

The present disclosure provides alert implants that comprise a medical device and an implantable reporting processor (IRP), where one example of such a medical device includes a component for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) such as a tibial extension, a femoral component for hip replacements, a breast implant, a distal rod for arm or leg breakage repair, a scoliosis rod, a dynamic hip screw, a spinal interbody spacer, and tooling and methods that may be used to form the alert implant, and uses of such alert implants in the health maintenance of patients who receive the implant.

According to one example, a for revision knee arthroplasty is disclosed. According to this example, the method can include shaping a bone of a patient to create one or more recesses therein, selecting a stem provisional, disposing the stem provisional within the one or more recesses, and assembling in vivo the stem provisional with both a first provisional component configured to simulate a shape of one of a tibial tray implant or a femoral implant and a second provisional component configured to simulate a shape of at least one of a sleeve component, a cone component or a keel component of an implant.

The invention provides a tibial plateau prosthesis and a preparation method, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The tibial plateau prosthesis comprises a tibial plateau plate and an installation assembly, the tibial plateau plate comprises a plateau plate, a connecting sheet layer and a porous structure layer, the connecting sheet layer is arranged on the upper end face of the plateau plate, and the porous structure layer is arranged on the upper end face of the connecting sheet layer through a connecting structure; a solid surrounding edge is arranged on the outer edge of the porous structure layer, a mounting groove for mounting a tibial plateau liner is formed in the lower end face of the plateau plate, and the mounting assembly is arranged on the upper end face of the connecting sheet layer and is suitable for being implanted into a tibial marrow cavity. The invention provides a preparation method of a tibial plateau prosthesis. The preparation method comprises the operation steps of material preparation, 3D printing, semi-finished product disassembly, heat treatment, machining, polishing, cleaning, packaging and the like. The connection structure enhances the stability of connection between the porous structure layer and the connection sheet layer, and reduces the probability of falling of the porous structure.

The invention provides a tibial prosthesis which comprises a tibial platform provided with a containing groove and a communicating groove, the containing groove is communicated with the upper surface of the tibial platform, and the communicating groove is communicated with the groove bottom wall of the containing groove and the lower surface of the tibial platform; the gasket structure is arranged in the containing groove in a floating mode in the vertical direction; the bone growth body is connected to the lower portion of the gasket structure and located in the communicating groove, and the gasket structure can drive the bone growth body to penetrate out of the tibial plateau downwards when floating in the vertical direction. According to the technical scheme, the problem that in the prior art, the time needed for combining the sclerotin and the prosthesis of a patient is long can be effectively solved.

The invention provides a knee joint prosthesis and a tibial plateau thereof, and the tibial plateau comprises a second supporting platform and a first supporting platform which are arranged at an interval, and the position of the second supporting platform can be adjusted relative to the first supporting platform; the first end of the transmission part is movably arranged on the first supporting platform, and the second end of the transmission part is arranged on the second supporting platform; the driving structure comprises a mounting part and a driving part rotatably arranged on the mounting part, the rotating axis of the driving part is perpendicular to the axis of the mounting part, and the mounting part is rotatably arranged on the first supporting platform around the axis of the mounting part, so that the driving part drives the transmission part to rotate around the axis of the mounting part; the driving part is in driving fit with the transmission part so as to drive the transmission part to rotate in the direction parallel to the rotating axis of the driving part. According to the technical scheme, the problem that in the prior art, the relative position of the first supporting platform and the second supporting platform of the tibial plateau is inconvenient to adjust is effectively solved.

A knee joint prosthesis moves between an extended and flexion positions. The prosthesis includes a femoral component configured to be mounted to a femur, the femoral component having a femoral gear including a plurality of posts arranged along a helical trajectory. The prosthesis also includes a tibial component configured to (i) be mounted either directly or indirectly to a tibia, and (ii) engage the femoral component. The tibial component has a tibial gear including a plurality of recesses that are configured to mesh with the posts of the femoral gear. The tibial gear has two intersecting portions including a horizontally-oriented curved portion and a vertical portion, wherein each portion includes at least one of the recesses. The plurality of posts follow a helical trajectory to cause movement of the tibial component in either a medial or lateral direction as the knee joint prosthesis is moved to the extended position.

A patellar prosthesis includes a support component in metallic material and a joint cap in polymeric material, anchored to an anchoring surface of said support component.

An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A number of methods for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.

A tibia prosthesis comprises a tibia gasket, a platform support and a pushing part. A first fixing block connected with the femoral condyle is arranged on the upper portion of the gasket, a first opening is formed in the middle of the gasket, and second fixing blocks are arranged in three surrounding second openings. A third opening is formed in the first groove in the side face of the gasket, and a first limiting block with a fifth opening is arranged in a fourth opening in the bottom. A spring in the third opening pushes the second limiting block to be clamped into the fifth opening. The platform support is provided with a sixth opening and a second groove, a fourth limiting block capable of being opened is arranged in a seventh opening in the upper portion, and a fifth limiting block is hinged into the second groove. A pushing part is arranged in a lower shell of the platform support and comprises a hexagon screw and a fixing ring, a ninth opening is formed in the screw, and the fixing ring is connected with the rotating part through a ratchet wheel. And during rotation, the rotating part pushes the first limiting block to enter the seventh opening, the fourth limiting block is retracted and limited after being opened, and meanwhile, the second limiting block is clamped into the fifth opening to be fixed. And the second fixing block is clamped into the ninth opening to connect the screw and the gasket. And when the rotating part enters the second groove, the fifth limiting block is pushed to be clamped into the second groove, and overall fixing is completed.

The invention relates to a medical implant (10) comprising an implant body (12) comprising a polymer material. The implant body has a bone-facing interface (14) and an articulating interface (16). A stiffening layer (18) is provided over at least a portion of the bone- facing interface. The stiffening layer is porous and is formed of a material having a higher stiffness than the polymer material of the underlying bone-facing interface.

An intraoperative surgical system can be used for knee arthroplasty. The system may include a sensor support body defining a platform, a force sensor positioned on the platform, and a sensor cover positioned over the platform of the sensor support body thereby sandwiching the force sensor between the platform and the sensor cover. The sensor cover can be detachably coupled to the sensor support body. The platform, the force sensor, and the sensor cover can collectively define a joint insertion block configured to be inserted into a tibiofemoral joint for measuring a force between a tibia and a femur defining the tibiofemoral joint.

A device for registering a bone for a robotic knee arthroplasty with a surgical robot can include a plate and a registration device. The plate can be engageable with the bone and can include a lateral portion, a medial portion, and a hinge. The registration device can be connected to the plate and can be configured to interface with the surgical robot for registration of the plate and the bone.

Knee arthroplasty implants, instruments, systems, and methods of implanting the same. The knee arthroplasty implants may include a femoral implant and a tibial tray implant, each with trabecular surfaces configured to contact bone to provide a scaffold for bone healing and interdigitation. The implants may also include fixation pegs with bulleted profiles to increase the surface area for bone ingrowth. An inserter instrument may include a sliding rack, which is incrementally extended with a rotatable shaft, thereby allowing for quick lock and release of various tibia trays.

A prosthesis or implant device for use in joint or bone repair, or restoration of function. The prosthesis or implant device comprises a stem, in which a portion of the stem comprises non-overlapping lamellas around part or all of the circumference of the stem. Each lamella is connected to the external surface of the stem via a bending joint, which permits the space between the rest of the inner surface of the lamella and the external surface of the stem to decrease upon application of a force to the outer surface of the lamella. In addition, methods of treating a subject in need of joint replacement or bone repair using the prosthesis or implant device.

The invention provides a movable joint prosthesis which is characterized in that a first prosthesis is used for being connected with a first end of a first bone; the second prosthesis is used for connecting the second end of the second bone; the middle body is positioned between the first prosthesis and the second prosthesis; when the first prosthesis is in a moving state, the friction surface of the first prosthesis can move on the first friction surface of the intermediate in contact with the friction surface and drive the intermediate to move; the second friction surface of the middle body can move on the friction surface of the second prosthesis in contact with the middle body; when the first prosthesis is located at any position in the moving process, the dynamic distance between the friction surface of the first prosthesis and the friction surface of the second prosthesis is not smaller than the initial distance between the friction surface of the first prosthesis and the friction surface of the second prosthesis; the dynamic distance corresponding to one or more positions of the first prosthesis in the movement process is larger than the initial distance. According to the invention, dislocation between the intermediate such as the gasket and the second prosthesis can be reduced.

A surgical implant can include a femoral component including an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The femoral component can include a first post extending from the inner surface, the first post defining a first opening extending along an axis through the first post. The femoral component can include a second post extending from the inner surface, the second post defining a second opening extending along the axis through the second post. The surgical implant can include a fastener removably coupled to the first post and the second post, the fastener to extend through the first opening and the second opening.

The invention provides a prosthesis for knee joint unicompartmental arthroplasty, which comprises a femoral condyle prosthesis arranged at the femoral end of a knee joint; the tibia base prosthesis is arranged at the tibia end of the knee joint; the tibia gaskets are arranged between the tibia base prosthesis and the femoral condyle prosthesis, are always in sliding contact with the bottom of the femoral condyle prosthesis, and comprise a fixed gasket and a movable gasket, and any tibia gasket can be matched with the tibia base prosthesis for use; the movable gasket is arranged at the upper end of the tibia base prosthesis in a sliding manner; the fixed gasket can be detachably assembled at the upper end of the tibia base prosthesis through an inserting structure. The dual-purpose tibia prosthesis base designed by the invention is compatible with a fixed gasket and a movable gasket, the fixed gasket and the movable gasket can be flexibly selected and replaced according to the specific condition of a patient during an operation, the fixed gasket and the tibia prosthesis base are convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the complexity of surgical operation and surgical instruments is reduced.