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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Vincent Coulange, Lyons, FR;
CĂ©line Courtade-Jouanicq, Montpellier, FR;
Shawn M. Gargac, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Marine Godelu, Grenoble, FR;
Guillaume Rognin, Saint Martin d'Heres, FR;
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a prosthesis () for a fractured long bone of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing data representative of the fractured long bone, the fractured long bone comprising a diaphyseal fragment () comprising a medullary cavity (); B) based on said data, designing the prosthesis specifically to the patient, the prosthesis comprising a stem part () configured to be inserted into the medullary cavity, step B) comprising: a sub-step of choosing, specifically to the patient, a contact zone () of the medullary cavity onto which a respective chosen mechanical stress is planned to be applied by the stem part, and a sub-step of designing the stem part so that the stem part may be inserted into the medullary cavity and thus apply the chosen mechanical stress to said contact zone; and C) manufacturing the prosthesis designed at step B).