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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Grundei, Lübeck, DE;
Assignee:
Eska Implants GmbH & Co., , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/60 ; A61F 2/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/60 ; A61F 2/78 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an upper leg stump endoprosthesis for an exoprosthetic provision of a patient having undergone above-knee amputation. According to the invention, the upper leg stump can be inserted into a shank to which a below-knee prosthesis with a foot part is fitted. The inventive prosthesis includes a proximal shaft which is implantable in a truncated femur; an open-mesh, three-dimensional netting structure covering at least partially the proximal shaft; an adapter connected to a distal end of the proximal shaft; and a substitute condyle element, constituting a replica of a natural condyle of a knee joint, and linked to said shaft by said adapter.