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1831 results about "Sacroiliac joint" patented technology

The sacroiliac joint or SI joint (SIJ) is the joint between the sacrum and the ilium bones of the pelvis, which are connected by strong ligaments. In humans, the sacrum supports the spine and is supported in turn by an ilium on each side. The joint is strong, supporting the entire weight of the upper body. It is a synovial plane joint with irregular elevations and depressions that produce interlocking of the two bones. The human body has two sacroiliac joints, one on the left and one on the right, that often match each other but are highly variable from person to person.

Quadruped robot covariance self-adaptive control method for spine joint adjustment

The invention discloses a covariance self-adaptive control method for a quadruped robot for spine joint adjustment. The method comprises the following steps that 1, a spine quadruped robot kinematics model with spine joints, a robot trunk dynamics model with the spine joints and a robot leg multi-rigid-body dynamics model are established; 2, based on the energy stability margin theorem and the spine joint coupling effect, a posture control method of the spine joint quadruped robot is provided by combining a covariance self-adaptive evolutionary strategy, and the angle, rigidity and damping coefficient of spine joints are estimated and adjusted according to the terrain gradient; 3, extracting the spatial relationship between the trunk mass center and the foot ends of the robot as an expected reference, updating the expected mass center position in real time, and constructing a model prediction control method to control the posture of the spinal joint quadruped robot; 4, the position of the foot falling point of the swing leg is designed in advance in combination with the additional freedom degree provided by the spine joint and MPC prediction state information. The motion stability of the robot in the complex terrain is improved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH

Hip and knee joint replacement postoperative rehabilitation method and system based on mobile medical treatment

The invention discloses a hip and knee joint replacement postoperative rehabilitation method and system based on mobile medical treatment, relates to the technical field of medical rehabilitation, and discloses the hip and knee joint replacement postoperative rehabilitation method and system based on mobile medical treatment. The training plan is dynamically adjusted in combination with multi-dimensional indexes, the problems of compensation recognition deficiency, feedback lag and plan stiffness in a traditional rehabilitation scheme are effectively solved, the rehabilitation effect can be improved, and the injury risk of adjacent joints can be reduced.
Owner:川北医学院附属医院

Patient-specific surgical methods and instrumentation

A patient specific instrument is disclosed for correcting a condition present in a patient. The patient specific instrument includes a body that includes an inferior side having a bone engagement surface shaped to match a first surface of a first bone and a second surface of a second bone of a joint. The instrument also includes a superior side having a first guide feature and a second guide feature that together, with the bone engagement surface overlying the first surface and the second surface, are positioned to guide resection of the first bone and the second bone during a surgical osteotomy for correcting the condition. The body is configured to seat transverse to the joint with the bone engagement surface engaging the first surface of the first bone and the second surface of the second bone.
Owner:TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS INC

Computer visual recognition and guidance system for spinal rehabilitation training actions

The invention relates to the technical field of spine rehabilitation training, and discloses a computer vision recognition and guidance system for spine rehabilitation training actions. The system comprises a data acquisition module for acquiring user spine motion three-dimensional dynamic image data by using a multi-camera array; the action recognition module tracks bone joint points based on an improved algorithm to generate a real-time action sequence; the posture evaluation module is used for extracting spine curvature and joint angle features through a multi-scale convolutional neural network; the guidance instruction generation module inputs the features into a reinforcement learning model to generate a personalized instruction; and the feedback execution module constructs a fuzzy self-adaptive control model to correct the motion trail of the spine. According to the system, training actions can be accurately recognized, personalized guidance is provided, real-time correction is achieved, the spine rehabilitation training effect is effectively improved, subjectivity and errors of manual evaluation are reduced, and rehabilitation requirements of different patients are met.
Owner:JIANGSU PROVINCE HOSPITAL (THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY)

Tibial bearing component for a knee prosthesis with improved articular characteristics

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.
Owner:ZIMMER INC

Alignment guide

An orthopaedic joint prosthesis assembly includes a head part of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis component and an alignment guide. The head part has a spherical bearing surface for articulation with a corresponding joint surface, and an assembly surface having a first bore formed in it for receiving a spigot on another part of the orthopaedic joint prosthesis. The bore has a first axis that extends perpendicular to the assembly surface. The alignment guide has an axial portion defining a second axis and an arm extending from the axial portion. The arm includes a distal portion which is configured to engage the assembly surface, with the axial portion being arranged to engage the bearing surface of the head part when the head part is mounted within the guide such that an impaction force applied along the second axis is directed along the first axis.
Owner:DEPUY (IRELAND) LTD

Artificial intelligence assisted standard artificial temporomandibular joint automatic placement method

PendingCN120543643AImage enhancementImage analysisPatient modelProsthesis fitting
The invention discloses an artificial intelligence-assisted standard artificial temporomandibular joint automatic placement method. The method comprises the following steps: training a three-dimensional reconstruction model used for extracting a mandible and zygomatic bone zygomatic arch joint prosthesis placement area; based on an improved 3D U-Net neural network, carrying out segmentation extraction on the interested areas of the glenoid fossa and the mandibular branch, and obtaining a space geometric structure for prosthesis installation; the method comprises the following steps: extracting outer bone surface point cloud data of a zygomatic arch and a mandibular ramus on the basis of a space geometric structure of prosthesis installation, identifying anatomical key points, and generating a standard prosthesis fitting surface through geometric fitting and constrained optimization; determining the relative position relation between the maxillary joint fossa prosthesis and the mandibular branch prosthesis, and determining the installation direction, the hole position definition and the assembly reference point; and determining a contact area, a posture direction and a placement position of the prosthesis, and completing three-dimensional positioning and posture matching of the prosthesis in the patient model as a surgical planning scheme.
Owner:SHANGHAI NINTH PEOPLES HOSPITAL SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Knee joint rehabilitation evaluation method based on human skeleton by using space-time diagram convolutional network

The invention relates to the technical field of knee joint rehabilitation evaluation, in particular to a knee joint rehabilitation evaluation method based on a human skeleton by using a space-time diagram convolutional network, and the method comprises the following steps: obtaining a rehabilitation evaluation gait video set; extracting human body key point skeleton data, and slicing the human body key point skeleton data into gait samples according to the number of time frames; preprocessing the gait sample, and extracting joint, skeleton and joint angle features; a gait-link method is adopted to divide a space gait skeleton diagram, a space-time attention mechanism is added, and an improved CTR-GCN network model is constructed; training the improved CTR-GCN network model by using the gait sample to obtain a gait evaluation model; and processing a gait video to be evaluated, and inputting the processed gait video into the gait evaluation model to obtain a rehabilitation evaluation result of the patient. According to the method, the human body key point skeleton in the walking video of the patient is extracted and input into the space-time diagram convolutional network for training, the rehabilitation evaluation model is obtained, the rehabilitation condition of the patient is evaluated by using the model, and the requirement of rehabilitation evaluation is met.
Owner:XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV

Electro-hydraulic hybrid driving and driven humanoid robot lower limb

The invention relates to the technical field of robots, and discloses an electro-hydraulic hybrid driving and driven humanoid robot lower limb and waist assembly which serves as a connection foundation of lower limbs and a robot trunk. The near ends of the thigh assemblies are connected with the waist assembly through hip joints; the near end of the shank assembly is connected with the far end of the thigh assembly through a knee joint; the foot component is connected with the far end of the shank component through an ankle joint; the hip joint is provided with three rotational degrees of freedom, the knee joint is provided with one rotational degree of freedom, and the ankle joint is provided with two rotational degrees of freedom; the rotational degree of freedom of each joint in a sagittal plane is driven by an active hydraulic actuator and a passive hydraulic actuator; the rotational degree of freedom of each joint in a horizontal plane and a coronal plane is driven by a motor joint module; the advantages of electric drive and hydraulic drive are brought into full play, and the problems of high power consumption in the negative work stage, complex traditional hydraulic drive pipelines and the like are solved by adopting an active and passive combined distributed hydraulic drive technology.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV +1

Artificial intelligence-based knee joint state identification method and system

The invention discloses a knee bone joint state recognition method and system based on artificial intelligence, and relates to the technical field of image analysis, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining multi-source medical image data of a knee joint region of a patient, carrying out the spatial registration and standardization preprocessing, and constructing a three-dimensional structure model of a knee joint after unifying a coordinate system; establishing a mapping relation between joint movement and an anatomical structure by combining knee vibration and behavior characteristic data collected by a patient in a specific movement state, extracting joint key geometric and mechanical parameters from the three-dimensional structure model, and fusing the joint key geometric and mechanical parameters with synchronously collected vibration behavior characteristics; and performing state recognition on the fused multi-source features based on an intelligent recognition model, and outputting a health state label of the knee joint. According to the invention, more accurate and more comprehensive knee joint health state identification can be realized, the accuracy and reliability of an identification result are effectively improved, and the timeliness of disease discovery and the scientificity of intervention are enhanced.
Owner:GUANGZHOU YUANMEI BIOTECHNOLOGY DEV CO LTD

Method of use for stemless prosthesis anchor components

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.
Owner:HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP

Intelligent sacroiliac joint lesion identification method and system based on MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

The invention relates to the technical field of disease diagnosis, in particular to a sacroiliac joint lesion intelligent identification method and system based on MRI, and the method comprises the steps: data preparation and enhancement, multi-expert collaborative labeling, mixed 3D-2D model processing, verification and optimization, and deployment and interaction. Compared with the prior art that a scheme for detecting the sacroiliac joint lesion by adopting a single 3D CNN or 2D CNN model has the problems of inaccurate positioning of an anatomical structure and loss of inter-layer feature association, resulting in insufficient sensitivity and specificity, the method provided by the invention has the advantages that through an improved hybrid 3D-2D model architecture, spatial features are extracted by utilizing the 3D CNN and an inter-layer dependency relationship is modeled in combination with Transform, so that the sensitivity and the specificity of the sacroiliac joint lesion detection are improved, and the detection accuracy of the sacroiliac joint lesion detection is improved. Meanwhile, spatial pyramid pooling and a channel attention module are adopted to enhance the multi-scale feature extraction capability, so that the method has the advantages that the lesion detection sensitivity and specificity are remarkably improved, the bone marrow edema region can be more accurately recognized, and the misdiagnosis rate is reduced.
Owner:SHENZHEN INST OF IMMUNOLOGICAL MEDICINE TRANSFORMATION (LONGHUA) +1

Snake bone joint, flexible joint assembly and surgical operation arm

The utility model discloses a snake bone joint, a flexible joint assembly and a surgical operation arm, relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and aims to relieve the problem that two snake bones slide in an uncertain dislocation mode when the snake bone joint is bent. The snake bone joint comprises a first snake bone and a second snake bone, the first snake bone and the second snake bone can rotate based on respective pivots, the two pivots are parallel, and the distance between the two pivots is constant; the first snake bone comprises a restraint roller, the second snake bone comprises a restraint hole site, and the restraint roller is movably arranged in the restraint hole site; the restraining hole site comprises a first restraining face and a second restraining face which are oppositely arranged, and the restraining roller arranged in the restraining hole site is clamped between the first restraining face and the second restraining face. Therefore, the snake bone joint has the advantage that the bending precision and the load deformation resistance of the snake bone joint are improved.
Owner:MAIDER MEDICAL IND EQUIP

Interconnected implants and methods

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.
Owner:REVISION TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Deep learning algorithm-based spinal MRI precise synthesis CT image processing system and method for central axis type spinal arthritis

The invention discloses a deep learning algorithm-based spinal MRI precise synthesis CT image processing system and method for central axis type spinal arthritis, and the system comprises a data obtaining unit which is used for obtaining a three-dimensional T1 weighted multi-gradient echo sequence, a T2 weighted sequence and a water-fat separation sequence which are obtained through the magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal column of a target user; the spatial registration unit is used for inputting the multi-sequence data into a deformable registration network so as to carry out spatial registration on the multi-modal features; the feature processing unit is used for carrying out feature fusion on the registered multi-modal features and carrying out double-domain splitting based on an anatomical attention gating mechanism to obtain skeleton features and soft tissue features; and the image fusion unit is used for synthesizing a synthesized CT image with an HU value corresponding to the spine of the target user based on the skeleton features and the soft tissue features, so that radiation-free high-precision CT image acquisition is realized, the diagnosis grading requirement on the axis type spine joint in the spine can be met, and the influence of radiation on the target user can be reduced.
Owner:GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PLA

Trial neck piece for a joint endoprosthesis

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.
Owner:WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & CO KG

Ankle joint replacement prosthesis

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.
Owner:LINYI YISHUI CENT HOSPITAL

Responsive Biomechanical Implants and Devices

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.
Owner:NEWTONOID TECH L L C

Assembly type bar stool base and bar stool comprising same

An assembly type bar stool base (1), comprising: a connecting member (2) and at least three leg components (3). The connecting member (2) includes a vertical joint (21), and at least three transverse joints (22) equal in number to the leg components (3), and one end of each of the leg components (3) is detachably connected to a corresponding transverse joint (22) of the connecting member. Also disclosed is a bar stool comprising the base (1).
Owner:WANG YUHUA

System and methods for gait analysis and longitudinal health and aging assessments including musculoskeletal disorders using video-trained spatio-temporal graph neural networks

A method for pose and gait classification and motion prediction using spatio-temporal relationships between body joints includes capturing a sequence of images or video frames of a subject; applying a neural network-based pose estimation algorithm to the sequence of images or video frames to detect landmark positions of anatomical joints; constructing a spatio-temporal graph from the detected landmark positions of the one or more anatomical joints, wherein nodes of the spatio-temporal graph correspond to the anatomical joints and the landmark positions, spatial edges of the spatio-temporal graph represent anatomical connections between the anatomical joints within a single image or frame, and temporal edges connect the one or more anatomical joints across successive images or frames of the sequence of images or video frames; and inputting the constructed spatio-temporal graph into a spatio-temporal graph convolutional network (ST-GCN) to classify pose and gait patterns and predict motion or stability states.
Owner:IMAGINE DESIGN LLC

Human body posture abnormity assessment method based on body measurement all-in-one machine

The invention provides a human body posture abnormity assessment method based on a body measurement all-in-one machine, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the video data, collected by multiple cameras, of the bending and foot touching actions of a subject, carrying out the preliminary positioning of a spine, a lumbar vertebra and thoracic vertebra transition region, and key points of legs, and extracting the coordinates of the key points; leg joint angle change is calculated according to the leg key point coordinates, if the angle change amplitude is lower than a preset threshold value, it is judged that leg flexibility is insufficient, a key point tracking strategy is adjusted, and the tracking density of a leg area is increased; according to the posture abnormity score, generating a posture abnormity report of the bending and foot touching actions of the subject, and marking specific positions of spine curvature abnormity, stiffness increase of a transition area between the lumbar vertebra and the thoracic vertebra and insufficient leg flexibility; and dynamically updating a key point tracking strategy and an attitude anomaly judgment threshold according to the action normativity score, and optimizing the accuracy and real-time performance of subsequent action evaluation.
Owner:GUANGZHOU HAIDI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Knee joint dyskinesia function evaluation method and system

The invention provides a knee joint dyskinesia function evaluation method and system. The method comprises the following steps: by collecting lower limb kinematics parameters, plantar pressure distribution data and gait rhythm parameter groups of a subject in a standard gait test, generating a knee joint motion trail map comprising sagittal plane, coronal plane and rotation trail components, dividing a dynamic phase window based on the gait rhythm parameters, calculating a fluctuation feature vector of a sagittal plane track component, performing nonlinear decomposition on a coronal plane and a rotation track component to separate an adduction and abduction motion principal component and a rotation coupling component, constructing a joint stability quantitative index, and performing dynamic space registration on a bilateral knee joint track map to obtain a joint stability quantitative index; and calculating a three-dimensional trajectory similarity weight matrix, and calculating a dynamic symmetry index in combination with the cross-side difference coefficient of the joint stability quantitative index. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, a scientific basis is provided for personalized rehabilitation treatment.
Owner:TIANJIN LIYUAN MEDICAL TECH CO LTD

Multi-curvature ankle joint prosthesis

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.
Owner:FUDAN UNIVERSITY

Mark-free action acquisition and analysis method and system

The invention provides an unmarked action acquisition and analysis method and system, and the method comprises the steps: recognizing static and dynamic 2D key points according to the static and dynamic image data of a tester, and reconstructing the static and dynamic 2D key points into static and dynamic 3D key points; based on the static 3D key points, calculating and optimizing the skeleton length, and performing scaling adjustment on the standard skeleton and muscle model to obtain a static skeleton and muscle model of the testee; estimating skeleton motion attitude information according to the original and optimized dynamic 3D key points, and matching the skeleton motion attitude information to a static skeleton and muscle model of a tester to perform inverse kinematics analysis; estimating ground support force GRF of left and right feet by using an inverse kinematics analysis result based on a dynamic balance relationship of human motion; on the basis of an inverse kinematics analysis result and ground support force GRF estimated values of the left and right feet, counter-acting force and torque required by each joint of the human body are calculated frame by frame by adopting an inverse kinematics method of a rigid body system, and then muscle strength and activation degree are calculated. According to the invention, unmarked action acquisition and analysis can be carried out.
Owner:FIRST HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PLA

Bone sliver removal system

A surgical tool and related methods are provided for removal of a bone sliver from a resected joint. The tool can include a housing including an upper end, a lower end, and a channel extending from the upper end to the lower end. A paddle member extends from the lower end of the housing. The paddle member includes a paddle shaft and a paddle head. The surgical tool further includes an insertion member that has a handle end, an extension that extends from the handle end, and a cutting tip. The extension is translatable within the channel such that the handle end and the cutting tip can move relative to the housing between a retracted position and an advanced position.
Owner:CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS LLC

Bone fixation system, assembly, implants, devices, alignment guides, and methods of use

Implants, guides, devices, instruments, systems and methods for fixing a joint using bone plates are disclosed. The bone fixation system includes an alignment guide with a first end and a second end, an alignment wire rotatably coupled to the first end of the alignment guide, and a coupling member slidingly engaging a first portion of the alignment guide near the first end. The plate includes a body including a first end and a second end, a plurality of lobes extending from the body, a plurality of screw holes extending through the body and each screw hole of the plurality of screw holes positioned in a lobe of the plurality of lobes, and an alignment hole positioned along a longitudinal axis of the body. A method of using a bone fixation system for fixation of at least two bones is also disclosed.
Owner:PARAGON 28 INC

Four-limb joint supporting structure

InactiveCN223143650UFractureLimb jointUpper limb
According to the technical scheme, the four-limb joint supporting structure comprises an upper supporting part, a lower supporting part and a connecting part, and the upper supporting part and the lower supporting part can be bent to be in an arc surface shape from the two sides and are used for being attached to the upper limb and the lower limb at the joints of a patient; the two ends of the connecting part are connected to the upper supporting part and the lower supporting part respectively and used for being attached to the joint position, and the width of the connecting part is smaller than that of the upper supporting part and that of the lower supporting part so that two grooves can be formed between the connecting part and the upper supporting part and between the connecting part and the lower supporting part. The utility model has the beneficial effects that the connecting part is formed between the upper supporting part and the lower supporting part through the groove, the connecting part is bent and attached to the joint, the generation of a break angle is avoided, the bending can be extremely simplified, no matter whether the material has enough ductility or not, the requirements can be met, the structure is simple, the complexity degree is low, the production process is simple, and the operability is high; the device is suitable for shoulder joints, elbow joints, ankles and the like, and the structural design has certain universality.
Owner:WUHAN WELLINS INTELLIGENT MEDICAL TECH CO LTD

First joint and pipe joint

A first joint has a central axis and extends in an axial direction along the central axis. The first joint includes a first joint body, an axially facing portion, an actuation portion, and a mounting portion. The first joint body is coupled to the second joint along the central axis. The axially facing portion axially opposes a protruding portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the second joint, from a front end side in an axial direction of the first joint body. The actuation portion is connected to the axially facing portion and is actuatable along an axis intersecting direction intersecting the central axis. The mounting portion includes an actuation portion restricting portion restricting movement of the actuation portion in a state where the axially facing portion and the protruding portion oppose each other.
Owner:NIDEC CORP(JP)

Insert for use in a knee prosthesis

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.
Owner:SMITH & NEPHEW INC +2