Zimmer Gmbh

Sulzer Orthopedics Inc.

Hermann Breimesser

Roland Willi

Roland Baege

Reto Braunschweiler

Simon Casutt

Aude Leroy Gallissot

Marco Steiger

An implant is set forth having at least one first element and a second element, wherein the first element is provided in a pre-determined relative location to the second element, in particular at least partly in a recess of the second element. The first element has a pre-positioning location having play with respect to the second element and allowing a fully area gas sterilization of both elements and can be displaced from this pre-positioning location into an end positioning location corresponding to a fixed connection of both elements.

Implant and a method of manufacturing an implant packed in a sterile manner

The specified implant for use as a femur component in a hip joint prosthesis comprises a shaft, being intended for the implantation in a cavity of a proximal femur, a head section, for fastening a femoral head prosthesis and a femoral neck section, being arranged between the shaft and the head section. The femoral neck section comprises a femoral head axis and a contour in a cross-section perpendicular to the femoral neck axis, tapering in a V-shape or wedge-shape to medial and at least an anterior straight section and at least a posterior straight section, wherein the straight sections define the tapering.

Femur component for a hip joint prosthesis

The surgical instrument for tensioning a cable-like, a band-like or a cord-like tensioning element ( ) comprises a manually actuatable lever system. Two levers ( )&mdash;the first and the second actuation lever&mdash;are jointedly connected by a third lever ( ). In a basic position of the system the tensioning element can be laid into a laying-in opening ( ) of the first lever and into a clamping gap ( ) at the second and at the third lever. One of the actuation levers ( ) is formed in one section as a beam ( ) which is elastic in bending. The extent of a shape change of the beam can be measured. A relationship between this shape change and a tension in the tensioning element is known. The tension can be set as a result of this knowledge and of a measurement ( ) of the shape change, or a means a tension monitor or sensor, serving for the same purpose is provided for determining a torque which acts at the corresponding actuation lever ( ).

Surgical instrument for tensioning a cable-like tensioning element

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Elgg, Switzerland

Hermann Breimesser