164 results about "Hip bone" patented technology

A prosthesis for replacement of a ball and socket joint in the human body. The prosthetic components comprise a plurality of separate parts which may be inserted through a hole in the femur of the patient and assembled and attached to the prepared acetabulum of the hip bone to form a cup-shaped first shell. A cup is also passed through the hole in the femur and attached to the first shell to form the socket portion of the joint. A shaft having a first end with a ball formed thereon is inserted in the hole through the femur so that the ball engages the cup for movement therein.

Broaching instruments divided into multiple parts to reduce the size of incisions necessary to perform a total hip arhroplasty, minimizing trauma to tissue surrounding the hip joint. One approach is to divide the broach head into first and second segments for insertion through posterior and anterior incisions, respectively, and interconnection within the patient. Methods of preparing the proximal medullary canal of a femur for receiving a hip stem implant utilize the multi-part broaching instruments and two-incision techniques to introduce the broaching instruments into the patient for broaching the canal in preparation for receiving the implant.

A prosthesis for replacement of a ball and socket joint in the human body. The prosthetic components comprise a plurality of separate parts which may be inserted through a hole in the femur of the patient and assembled and attached to the prepared acetabulum of the hip bone to form a cup-shaped first shell. A cup is also passed through the hole in the femur and attached to the first shell to form the socket portion of the joint. A shaft having a first end with a ball formed thereon is inserted in the hole through the femur so that the ball engages the cup for movement therein.

A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person with a preferred amount of tension so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, and may be wrapped around a patient's torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb. A bladder may be expandable in distinct tiers and may carry a separate and removable pressure-concentrating fitting. An auxiliary strap may be included and may be used to keep the junctional and truncal tourniquet in place on a patient's torso.

A modular acetabular anti-protrusio cage and acetabular cup combination includes an acetabular cup having a bone ingrowth-promoting surface and a shaped anti-protrusio cage having one or more fixation flanges. The acetabular cup is attached to acetabular bone, and the anti-protrusio cage is thereafter mounted to the inner surface of the acetabular cup. Alternatively, the anti-protrusio cage can be mounted to the inner surface of the acetabular cup before the acetabular cup is attached to acetabular bone. The flanges of the anti-protrusio cage are joined to the ilium, ischium and / or pubis to secure the acetabular cup and the anti-protrusio cage to the hip bone and to distribute forces away from the medial wall of the acetabulum. After the cup and the cage are mounted in the patient, a bearing insert is secured within the interior of the anti-protrusio cage, and a prosthetic femoral head is positioned in the bearing insert.

A prosthesis for replacement of a ball and socket joint in the human body. The prosthetic components comprise a plurality of separate parts which may be inserted through a hole in the femur of the patient and assembled and attached to the prepared acetabulum of the hip bone to form a cup-shaped first shell. A cup is also passed through the hole in the femur and attached to the first shell to form the socket portion of the joint. A shaft having a first end with a ball formed thereon is inserted in the hole through the femur so that the ball engages the cup for movement therein.

A backpack is provided incorporating a framesheet and having superior torsional flexibility and load support. The backpack includes a sack configured to be disposed on a user's back and having a first side adjacent to the user's back, when worn. The framesheet is attached to the first side of the sack, generally with the spine of the user. A surface contour is provided to the framesheet that facilitates load support and inhibits barreling. The framesheet has a first width in the upper region and a second width less than the first width, the second width residing in the intermediate between the scapulas and the hip bones of the user. Optionally, a stay can also be provided to the backside of the framesheet, preferably along the centerline thereof.

The invention discloses a circularly knit torso trim bra-slip comprising an upper torso region and a lower torso region. The bra-cups comprising a ribbed border to provide bust support. Self-adjusting stretch shoulder straps are uniquely shaped to eliminate unsightly breast spillage in the front and back bulge. A center ruching separates the two breasts. A side ruching on each of the bra-cup shapes the bust. A panel of maximum control extends from under the breast to the hip bone to flatten the tummy. A panel of medium control knit extends from the hip bone to mid-thigh to eliminate flattening of the fanny. A panel of light control knit from mid-thigh to lower thigh or knee and ending in a jersey band to prevent the slip from rolling or riding up. A preferred embodiment has sleeves having an inner arm compression portion of medium control to minimize the swelling caused by lymphedema.

An artificial hip joint is provided including a generally hemispherical acetabular cup with a generally hemispherical liner mated within the acetabular cup and with a locking ring to secure the liner within the acetabular cup. The acetabular cup is adapted to be secured within a hip bone. The liner includes a hemispherical inside surface for pivotably supporting a head at an upper end of a femur. The locking ring resides within an annular groove in the acetabular cup and an annular seat in the liner. The locking ring includes a captured end and a free end. The captured end includes a slot which cooperates with a post in the acetabular cup to slidably hold the captured end to the acetabular cup. The locking ring removably attaches the liner to the acetabular cup.

The present disclosure provides a femoral prosthesis for use during a revision procedure. The femoral prosthesis includes a body, a neck, a stem, and a sleeve. The sleeve facilitates reattachment of an osteotomized proximal femur, specifically the greater trochanter, following a revision femoral prosthesis surgery involving an extended trochanteric osteotomy. Additionally, the sleeve promotes ingrowth of the osteotomized proximal femur with the sleeve.

A hip joint navigation system is provided that includes a base having at least one channel disposed therethrough for receiving a pin for mounting the base to the pelvis. A mount feature is disposed on a top surface. A registration jig is configured to couple with the base and to engage anatomical landmarks. In some aspects, a patient specific jig system for hip replacement is provided including an engagement surface formed to closely mate to acetabular bone contours of a specific patient and a registration feature configured to be in a pre-determined orientation relative to an acetabulum the patient when the jig is coupled with acetabular bone contours of the specific patient. In other aspects, methods of using the systems are provided.

A unitary acetabular cup prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a hip bone having a cup portion and a pair of adjacent screw retaining members extending from the cup and oriented in a cooperative with one another. A second pair of screw retaining members are preferably provided, with the first and second pair of screw retaining members oriented such that the prosthesis can be used in either a left or a right acetabulum of the patient. The screw retaining members may be formed on a single flange. The screw retaining members are fixedly inclined and offset relative to the rim of the cup. Each screw retaining member has a threaded hole inclined relative to the rim such that an axis of the threaded hole converges toward the axis of the cup portion in one dimension and is oblique to the axis of the cup portion in a second dimension.

A retractor configured for anchorage to the acetabular area of the hip bone via a bendable pin, such that the bent pin retains the retractor in a selected position. The retractor includes a site anchor portion, with a spacer portion extending upward from a leading end of the site anchor portion. At least one retainer track is affixed to the spacer portion, the track being configured to closely receive the bendable pin. The leading end of the site anchor portion is preferably angled and serrated. The site anchor portion preferably has a curved configuration for use in resting the leading end of the site anchor portion substantially along an outer portion of a rim of the acetabulum. The retractor may be provided with an extension portion. The extension portion is preferably angled and serrated.

A hip joint prosthesis has a socket part and a head rotatably arranged within the socket part. The socket part has an outer side facing away from the head and the outer side has a gliding surface configured to rotatably support the socket part in a natural hip socket. The socket part is polished on the outer side for forming the gliding surface. A stop is provided on the head or on the hipbone for limiting rotation of the socket part. The socket part has an angled edge portion that is arranged in an edge depression of the hip socket and strikes on the hipbone. The rotation of the socket part is limited in this way.

A system and method are provided for helping implant a hip prosthesis in an individual, which includes an acetabulum intended to be placed in the hip bone of the patient and a femoral part intended to be integrally connected to the femur of the individual. The method includes: obtaining, before the operation, images issued by a device that images a human body and locates a position of images in space. The images are taken in at least three reference positions: standing; recumbent; and sitting. Before the operation, the method determines a pelvis version of the individual in different positions by analyzing the images. During the operation, the method measures a position of the acetabulum with relation to the pelvis of the individual, and simultaneously restores information representative of prosthetic mobility of the hip with relation to each of the reference positions, for a current position of the acetabulum.

A modular assembly for a femoral prosthesis comprises a femoral prosthetic implant forming a spindle of elongate and tapered shape and a one-piece neck. The implant consists of a diaphyseal lower part and a metaphyseal upper part having a flat face delimited by an outer edge and in which a cavity is formed. The neck is formed of a tenon having a shape corresponding to the cavity, said tenon being fitted into the cavity along an insertion axis YY perpendicular to the flat face and a rod provided with an interface for fixing a cup that is to be inserted into the acetabulum of the hip bone. The rod is provided with a tongue which protrudes parallel to the flat face in a radial direction with respect to the insertion axis and directed towards the interior of the obtuse salient angle, at a distance from the flat face of between 0.3 mm and 1.5 mm measured along the insertion axis, the tongue having a free end located at a greater distance from the insertion axis than the part of the edge located opposite the tongue. The free end of the tongue overhangs somewhat with respect to the outer edge of the flat face of the femoral prosthetic implant, in such a way as to ensure that, in the event of sinking of the implant into the medullar cavity, the tongue will come into abutment against the femoral calcar.

Exercise machines for the leg muscles using separate machines for the biceps femoris and quadriceps and with the biceps femoris machines configured so that the muscle attachment below the knee is the “origin” and the muscle attachment on the upper leg and hip bone is the “insertion”.

A device, and a method for using it, for implanting a cup liner within a cup attached to the acetabulum of the hip bone, during hip replacement surgery. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes a main body with proximal and distal ends. The distal end may terminate in a liner seat and an engaging mechanism. Initially, the engaging mechanism may be coupled to the cup liner; a slight retraction of the engaging mechanism relative to the main body and liner seat may be sufficient to properly seat the cup liner on the liner seat. The device is now used to place the cup liner within the cup. The engaging mechanism may again be retracted to disengage the cup liner from the engaging mechanism, without dislodging the cup liner from the cup.

In a human hip replacement process, the steps include providing a selected size generally longitudinally extending stem and laterally angled neck, the stem received endwise into a recess in an elongated femur, there being a ball on the neck, the neck and stem having a non-circular tongue and groove interfit connection to resist relative rotary displacement therebetween, the connection defining a generally longitudinal axis, fitting the ball in a socket on a hip bone, to pivot in the socket, the selection of stem and neck, and tongue and groove connection between the size selected stem and neck, enabling accurate pivoting of the ball. A set of different size balls and neck units are enabled for selective choice, as during surgery.

A safety harness consists of a harness similar at first glance to other harnesses of the type but with the added feature of a conical waistbelt and specially contoured shoulder pads. The conical waistbelt allows for more weight to be distributed straight on top of the hip bones thus reducing the amount of weight the shoulders must bear. By having less weight on the shoulders, back pain is dramatically reduced. The contouring of the shoulder pads also allows for a greater freedom of movement.

The invention discloses an alone old people automatic monitoring system based on Internet of Things. The alone old people automatic monitoring system comprises an old people living environment monitoring module, a falling-down monitoring module, a heart rate monitoring module, an alarming module and a community module; all-directional living monitoring is carried out on old people by utilizing a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a flame sensor, a photosensitive sensor and a smoke module; a three-axis angle sensor and a three-axis accelerated speed sensor, and a gyroscope are combined to judge a falling-down condition of the old people; the heart rate of the old people is detected by a pulse sensor; monitored falling-down and heart rate conditions are stably combined to judge whether the old people are at a dangerous state or not; other people are announced to help to alarming and do first aid through a voice alarming function in the alarming module, and a recording function can obtain scene evidences; a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) short message reports current positioning information of patients to guardians; a wearing position of wearing equipment is close to a hip bone, the monitoring errors are reduced and the monitoring accuracy is improved.

A hip and pelvic splint system is designed to immobilize both the pelvic region and lower extremities of a patient suffering from a hip or pelvic fracture. This allows ready transport of the patient with little or no pain or additional injury caused by shifting of the hip or pelvis. The device consists of a foam leg insert that is first placed between the legs of a patient to help stabilize the patient's lower extremities. A flexible splint component is then slid beneath the patient's lets and hips. The splint component is then closed over the patient and tightened with straps. The lower edge of splint component is secured snuggly about the legs in the vicinity of the patient's knees so that the foam leg insert can immobilize the legs. The upper edge of the splint is secured snuggly about the upper abdomen, thereby immobilizing the pelvis. Hand holds on the device allow paramedics to lift the patient without distorting the fracture.

A unitary acetabular cup prosthesis (1) for a deficient acetabulum of a hip bone having a cup portion (10) and a pair of adjacent screw retaining members (51, 52) extending from the cup. A second pair of screw retaining members are preferably provided, with the first and second pair of screw retaining members oriented such that the prosthesis can be used in either a left or a right acetabulum of the patient. The screw retaining members may be formed on a single flange. The screw retaining members are fixedly inclined and offset relative to the rim (18) of the cup. Each screw retaining member has a threaded hole (55, 56) inclined relative to the rim such that an axis of the threaded hole converges toward the axis of the cup portion in one dimension and is oblique to the axis of the cup potion in a second dimension.A prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a patient having a cup portion and a flange member. The flange member has a base portion that extends upward along a portion of the upper rim. A generally planar screw retaining portion extends from the base portion, and is inclined from the base portion such that at least a lateral portion of a lower surface of the screw retaining portion is positioned below the upper rim while an upper surface of the screw retaining portion is positioned above the upper rim. The screw retaining portion has a first threaded hole, a second threaded hole and a neutral threaded hole, with the neutral hole positioned between the first and the second holes. The holes are inclined at certain orientations to allow for fixation with screws in a deficient acetabulum, and for use in a left or right hip.

A method for avoiding impingement between an implanted prosthetic hip stem and acetabular cup uses at least one digital x-ray of a standing patient preferably including a lateral x-ray to determine a pelvic tilt angle of the patient. A hip stem is virtually implanted at an initial stem version angle into a virtual femur constructed from the digital x-ray. Data of at least one hip joint motion is obtained from at least one individual. A range of inclination and anteversion angles is calculated for a virtually implanted acetabular cup that avoids impingement with the virtually implanted hip stem. The calculated range of inclination or anteversion angles is based at least in part on the pelvic tilt angle of the patient, the initial hip stem version angle and the obtained joint motion data.

A four-point seat belt device includes: a right hip belt and left hip belt to press against the hip bone of a passenger: a right shoulder belt and a left shoulder belt to press against both shoulders: a drive unit to retract the right and left hip belts, and the right and left shoulder belts: an engagement detection unit to detect that the right and left hip belts and the right and left shoulder belts are engaged via a buckle: and a detection unit to detect that the right hip belt and the left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger. The drive unit retracts the right and left hip belts after the engagement detection unit detects an engagement and the detection unit detects that the right hip belt and left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger.

A multiaxial combined and matched type anti-infection semi-pelvic false body comprises an acetabulum and net cup plate wing which is arranged on the top of the acetabulum and can be fixed on a reserved hip bone wing. Two to three universal joints are arranged on the back of the net cup plate wing. The universal joints are opened with a card slot which can be connected with a universal bar. The invention can arbitrarily adjust the height and the point of view of the acetabulum through the combination of the universal joints and the acetabulum to realize the truly anatomical location reconstruction of the hip joint which is not affected by the resection range. The reconstruction of the connection of the pelvic ring and the acetabulum takes the way of universal multi-axis in order to conveniently adjust the location of the acetabulum, thereby assuring the coherence of the limb length after being reconstructed. The location of the acetabulum can be adjusted according to the removal situation of the soft tissue in the operation. Through the sacrum and the contact point of the universal screw of the ischiopubic multi-axis point driven into the pelvic ring, especially multi-nail fixation driven into the lumbar, the hardening stress can be scattered, the hardening stress concentration can be reduced to reduce the complicating disease such as looseness and broken nails.