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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Heraeus Medical Gmbh, Wehrheim, DE;
Edgar Wüst, Groß-Umstadt, DE;
Sebastian Vogt, Erfurt, DE;
HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH, Wehrheim, DE;
Abstract
A spacer mold and method for producing a hip spacer, the spacer mold comprises a base element (), in which a hollow mold is provided as negative image of one side of a femoral stem of the spacer to be generated, whereby a recess connected to the hollow mold is arranged on the proximal end of the hollow mold in the base element. The spacer mold further comprises a semi-spherical insert () comprising a femoral head mold as negative image of one side of a femoral head of the spacer to be generated, whereby the semi-spherical insert () is to be arranged in the recess in the base element (). Further, the spacer mold comprises an adapter insert () that is designed as a hollow body that is open on two sides and that is or can be arranged in the recess of the base element () between the semi-spherical insert () and the hollow mold such that the recess exerts a pressure onto the adapter insert () and the semi-spherical insert (). Moreover, the spacer mold comprises a punch () that comprises a punch hollow mold in the form of the negative image of the remaining femoral stem and that is arranged on or can be pressed onto the top side of the base element ().