3798results about "Joint implants" patented technology

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.

A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal implement. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal implement. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a locking mechanism comprising a lever. The lever has a first end. The lever also has a second end. The lever further has an engagement surface. The second end of the lever is actuable to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the femoral canal implement to secure the proximal end of the femoral canal implement within the bore.

The present application relates to chondrocyte compositions and kits comprising morselized cartilage tissue particles and a biodegradable matrix. Applications and methods of using the chondrocyte composition for cartilage grafts, repairing cartilage injuries and defects, and joint repair are provided.

The invention belongs to the technical field of orthopedic surgery navigation, discloses a communication and positioning integrated orthopedic surgery navigation method and system based on multi-dimensional perception, and aims to solve the problems that in an existing orthopedic navigation technology, optical navigation is prone to being shielded, multipath interference of UWB positioning is serious, and real-time performance is insufficient. Comprising the steps of obtaining measurement values including positioning data of a UWB positioning module, ranging data of a laser ranging module and an attitude angle of an IMU module; according to the method, extended Kalman filtering is adopted, positioning data of a UWB positioning module, ranging data of a laser ranging module and an attitude angle of an IMU module are taken as state vectors, dynamic adjustment of credibility is realized by adjusting a process noise matrix of a state equation and a measurement noise matrix of a measurement equation according to task characteristics, and the credibility of the UWB positioning module is improved according to data of different credibility. And resolving the pose state of the tail end of the surgical instrument. The method has the advantages of high positioning precision, high response speed, high environmental adaptability and high resource efficiency.

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.

A method of preparing and / or delivering an osteochondral plug may include, positioning a tissue graft on a cutting guide, wherein the tissue graft may have been removed from a larger body of tissue to define a shaped surface. The tissue graft may include a top surface having a cartilage surface. The method may further include advancing a first cutter along a cutting direction toward the tissue graft to cut the tissue graft to form the osteochondral plug having an external wall parallel to the cutting direction and transverse to the top surface. Positioning the tissue graft on the cutting guide may include placing the shaped surface on a registration surface of the cutting guide. The registration surface may have a reference shape that corresponds to a shape of at least part of the shaped surface.

A method of implanting a shoulder prosthesis assembly is provided where the method includes advancing by rotation a base member, that includes a cylindrical member and a helical structure, into a resection face of a humerus of a patient such that the helical structure is submerged in and engages cancellous bone of and does not extend distally of an epiphysis of the humerus, the cylindrical member being accessible at the resection face of the humerus when the base member is so advanced; advancing a locking device into the base member until at least one elongate member spans a space between adjacent portions of the helical structure to contact the cancellous bone in the space; and inserting a retention portion of a reverse articular insert into the cylindrical member of the base member to directly connect the reverse articular insert with the cylindrical member of the base member.

A sacroiliac fusion implant device assembly has an implant body and a pair of bone fasteners. The implant body has a distal end and a proximal end with a longitudinal axis extending between a center of the distal end and a center of the proximal end. The distal end has cutting edges configured to cut tissue as the implant is pressed into a joint between a sacrum and an ilium. The proximal end has two bone fastener receiving apertures, each configured to receive a bone fastener and the implant body has a pair of sidewalls connecting the distal and proximal ends. The pair of bone fasteners can be a pair of threaded fasteners, or a pair of spike fasteners or a combination of one threaded fastener and one spike fastener.

An expandable interbody with a modular endplate has an outer column, an inner column threadedly coupled and translatable relative to the outer column along the longitudinal axis, and an expansion ring to adjust a body length of the expandable interbody. The expansion ring has a plurality of teeth, and the outer column has at least one arm for engaging a tooth of the plurality of teeth to lock the expansion ring. The inner column and / or outer column can include a connector for connection to a modular endplate that has a substantially hollow core. The modular endplate includes a plate with a set screw entrapped therein. The modular endplate has an aperture to receive the connector of the inner and / or outer column.

An apparatus, system, and method may be used to replace a natural or artificial articular surface of a joint, and to repair a bone that is associated with the joint. In some embodiments, the apparatus, system, and method may include a joint replacement prosthesis with a prosthetic articular surface, a support structure securable to the bone, and a first attachment interface. The system may also include a bone plate with a bone engagement surface securable to the bone on either side of a fracture formed in the bone, or a damaged area of the bone. The bone plate may include a second attachment interface that is attachable to the first attachment interface of the joint replacement prosthesis in order to couple the bone plate to the joint replacement prosthesis.

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.

Disclosed methods, devices, and systems are suitable for performing minimally-invasive procedures for accessing the intervertebral space along an oblique pathway with an insertion instrument that holds a disc implant, and reorienting the angular relationship between instrument and implant while the implant is inside the body (for example at or within the disc space).

A trial neck piece for a joint endoprosthesis is designed for temporary arrangement on a separate shaft body (60) that is insertable into a tubular bone (9). It comprises a fastening region (12) which can be plugged temporarily onto a head part (61) of the shaft body (60) by means of a plug connection (l l), and a neck region (IO) for receiving a joint element (19) of the joint endoprosthesis. The trial neck piece (I) is designed as a separate, plug-on attachment piece which, with its fastening region (12), can be plugged with form-fit engagement onto the head part (61) and locked. A latching device (2) is provided which comprises a plurality of latching stages for different height stages of the trial neck piece (I). The invention thus makes available an easily attachable trial neck piece which can be arranged in a defined manner in different height positions in order, on the one hand, to obtain a secure and defined arrangement and, on the other hand, to permit the setting of different heights. The invention further relates to an arrangement with a trial neck piece and with an excavating tool, in particular a reamer, and to an instrument set comprising a trial neck piece and an insertion instrument.

The present technology includes patient-specific spinal fusion devices, which may include an interbody implant that is designed to be positioned within a disc space between two vertebral bodies and one or more fixation elements that can anchor the interbody implant to the vertebral bodies. The fusion devices include one or more retention mechanisms for retaining the fixation elements within corresponding lumens or bore holes extending through the interbody implant. Methods for designing and manufacturing patient-specific spinal fusion devices are also described herein.

An ankle joint replacement prosthesis comprises a tibia prosthesis assembly and a talus prosthesis, the tibia prosthesis assembly comprises a tibia prosthesis body and a cushion block, the tibia prosthesis body and the cushion block are in an arc shape with the middle bent upwards on the sagittal plane, the cushion block is arranged at the bottom of the tibia prosthesis body in a sleeving mode, and the surface of the upper portion of the tibia prosthesis body is a tibia joint face. The surface of the lower portion of the cushion block is a first articular surface, the surface of the upper portion of the talus prosthesis is a second articular surface, the second articular surface is in an arc shape with the middle bent upwards on a sagittal plane, the surface of the lower portion of the talus prosthesis is a talus joint surface, and the first articular surface is matched with the second articular surface. When the prosthesis is implanted, only the articular cartilage and the subchondral bone need to be treated at the far end of the tibia, so that the bone at the far end of the tibia is reserved to the maximum extent, the anatomical integrity of the bone is guaranteed, the stability of the prosthesis is enhanced, the service life is prolonged, and the clinical operation effect is improved.

Computer implemented methods, systems, and computer products employing program code or algorithms for use in customized patient specific hip implants or femoral stems or sleeves having an outer surface that corresponds more closely to the inner surface of the cortical bone of a patient's femur compared to conventional hip implant or femoral stems or sleeves based on population-based design.

A bellows shaped spinal implant, comprising an upper plate, a lower plate and a bellows shaped shell extending between and joining the upper and lower plates. The bellows shaped shell is formed of titanium or an alloy comprising titanium and includes a wall extending therearound that defines a hollow interior. The wall has a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm to provide for radiographic imaging through the wall. The wall is angled or curved inwardly or outwardly between the upper and lower plates to provide stiffness mimicking the stiffness properties of a similarly sized polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implant. The upper and lower plates each comprise porous contact regions including a three-dimensional gyroid lattice structure defined by a plurality of struts and pores in communication with the hollow interior. The outer surfaces of at least a portion of the struts may comprise a laser ablated textured surface.

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.

Expandable spinal implants, systems and methods are disclosed. An expandable spinal implant may include a first endplate, a second endplate, and a moving mechanism that is operably coupled to the first and second endplates. The moving mechanism may include a wedge, a first sliding frame and a second sliding frame disposed on opposite sides of the wedge, a screw guide housing a rotatable first set screw and a rotatable second set screw opposite the first set screw. The first set screw may be operably coupled to the second sliding frame and the second set screw may be operably coupled to the wedge. The moving mechanism may operably adjust a spacing between the first and second endplates upon simultaneous rotation of the first and second set screws and operably adjust an angle of inclination between the first and second endplates upon translating the first set screw or second set screw.

A system for robot-assisted surgery includes a surgical robot having a robotic arm, an end effector coupled to the robotic arm, wherein the end effector is adapted to receive, translate, and orient a navigated surgical instrument; a camera tracking system adapted to intra-operatively track a pose of the navigated surgical instrument relative to a defined coordinate system; and a computer platform including a processor and a memory. In embodiments, the computer platform operative to display to a user an image of a target location on the patient and the pose of the navigated surgical instrument; and selectively control translation and orientation of the navigated surgical instrument based on a defined operational mode, to perform a surgical process under user control that comprises one or more of: reaming an acetabulum of the patient to a planned center of an acetabular prosthesis, or positioning the acetabular prosthesis in the reamed acetabulum.

A system and computer-implemented method for manufacturing an orthopedic implant involves analyzing tissue characteristics based on image data of anatomy. Image data of a patient can be analyzed to identify at least one tissue characteristic at different locations along anatomic elements of anatomy of interest. A patient-specific implant configuration can be determined based on the analysis of the image data of a patient.

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 utility model provides a multi-curvature ankle joint prosthesis which comprises a tibia prosthesis connected with a tibia, a talus prosthesis connected with a talus and a cushion block with one side connected with the tibia prosthesis, a joint contact surface is arranged on the other side of the cushion block, and a talus contact surface matched with the joint contact surface is arranged on one side of the talus prosthesis. The curvature of the sagittal plane Z in the talus contact face is reduced from front to back, and the instantaneous rotation center of the talus prosthesis on the joint contact face is in an arc shape. According to the multi-curvature ankle joint prosthesis, the talus contact face and the anatomical structure of the human body are high in consistency, the natural form and the motion mode of the ankle joint are accurately restored, the ankle joint prosthesis better conforms to biomechanics and kinematics in the motion process, the motion stability of the human body is improved, local friction stress of the ankle joint prosthesis is smaller, and the ankle joint prosthesis is more stable in motion. And the service life of the ankle joint prosthesis is prolonged, so that the durability of the ankle joint prosthesis is improved.

A surgical instrument kit for spinal fusion. The instrument kit includes a curved trocar (10), a flexible cannula (30) for positioning over the curved trocar, a flexible rasp device (70), and a bone graft delivery container (90).

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.

The invention discloses a bionic heterogeneous composite structure bone implant and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of medical implants.The bionic heterogeneous composite structure bone implant comprises an inner-layer cross-shaped structure, a middle-layer negative Poisson's ratio structure and an outer-layer honeycomb structure, and the cross-shaped structure, the negative Poisson's ratio structure and the honeycomb structure jointly form a bionic composite structure; and immersing the bionic composite structure subjected to double-network crosslinking into a drug-containing solution for post-treatment and drug loading to obtain the bionic heterogeneous composite structure. According to the invention, bionic adaptation and intelligent optimization of mechanical properties are realized, and the stress shielding problem is solved; according to the invention, osseointegration and vascularization processes are obviously accelerated and enhanced, and leap-type improvement of biological activity is realized; a novel intelligent treatment mode based on in-vivo microenvironment response is developed, and on-demand and accurate drug delivery is achieved.

Minimally-invasive spinal surgery methods, devices, and systems for advancing a spinal implant through an oblique anterolateral retroperitoneal operative corridor to an intervertebral disc space located between the L5 and S1 vertebral bodies of a subject positioned in a lateral decubitus position are described. An example spinal implant system includes a retractor sized and shaped to establish at least a portion of the oblique anterolateral retroperitoneal operative corridor, a spinal implant sized and shaped to pass between the first and second unitary retractor blades of the retractor in connection with the spinal implant being introduced into the intervertebral disc space via the oblique anterolateral retroperitoneal operative corridor, and an introducer instrument configured to pass between the first and second unitary retractor blades of the retractor in connection with the introducer instrument introducing the spinal implant into the intervertebral disc space via the oblique anterolateral retroperitoneal operative corridor.

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.