Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implant for lower limb amputation
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Application No.: US14764020Application Date: 2014-01-28
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Publication No.: US09724212B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Alain Lacraz
- Applicant: LES HOSPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE GENEVE
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva
- Assignee: LES HOPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE GENEVE
- Current Assignee: LES HOPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE GENEVE
- Current Assignee Address: CH Geneva
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: EP13153017 20130129
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/058608 WO 20140128
- International Announcement: WO2014/118701 WO 20140807
- Main IPC: A61F2/28
- IPC: A61F2/28 ; A61F2/78

Abstract:
Implant for transfemoral or transtibial amputation comprising a stem (3) and a base (2), the base (2) comprising a bone support surface (4) on one side and on an opposite side a soft tissue load bearing surface (5). The stem extends from the base perpendicular to the bone support surface and is configured for insertion in a medullary canal (23) of an amputated bone (20), the bone support surface (4) being configured for abutment against a severed end (22) of said amputated bone. A diameter (d1) of the base is configured to be larger than an average diameter of a shaft (21) of said severed bone, the soft tissue load bearing surface (5) comprising a generally planar or slightly curved central portion (10) and a convexly curved radially outward portion (11) with a curvature greater than the central portion, the central portion (10) being oriented at an angle of between 4° to 8° to the bone support surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150351940A1 IMPLANT FOR LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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