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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Hans Grundei, Lübeck, DE;
ESKA Implants GmbH & Co., Lübeck, DE;
Abstract
The system includes a nail jig which is initially secured by means of fixing nails ( ), after production of a stable three-point mounting of plates and legs extending from the nail jig, on the femur ( ) in the vicinity of the condyles of the knee joint. The nail jig can then be removed from the femur ( ), leaving the fixing nails ( ) in the femoral bone. A saw jig ( ) with the same basic shape as the nail jig and with identical holes for the fixing nails ( ) can be placed on the fixing nails which were left in the femur ( ). Precise allocation of boring pairs by both the nail and saw jig enables twist to be transferred to the artificial knee joint system at a ratio of 1:1 according to the predetermined size of the part of the femur to be implanted. In order to compensate for the incline in the frontal resection surface which is attached at a slant, the system is provided with a compensating wedge ( ) which is inserted between the striking plate ( ) and the lateral condyle ( ′). The compensating wedge angle is similar to the angle of the horizontal resection surface in relation to the axis of the gap in the knee.