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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Walther Batsberg Pedersen, Copenhagen, DK;
Frederik Resen Steenstrup, Copenhagen, DK;
Ole Ingemann Olsen, Charlottenlund, DK;
Lene Diness Jakobsen, København, DK;
Erik Vraa, København, DK;
Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Farum, DK;
Klaus Bechgaard, København, DK;
Walther Batsberg Pedersen, Copenhagen, DK;
Frederik Resen Steenstrup, Copenhagen, DK;
Ole Ingemann Olsen, Charlottenlund, DK;
Lene Diness Jakobsen, København, DK;
Erik Vraa, København, DK;
Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Farum, DK;
Klaus Bechgaard, København, DK;
DSM IP Assets B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for alleviating and/or preventing conditions relating to damaged joints. The device may be formed by moulding. Also the device may be formed with a hole or a slit to fit into the joint and lock the device around intra-articular components. A further aspect of invention relates to method for introducing the prosthetic device into a joint, such as a method comprising locking the device to an intro-articutar component. Also the invention relates to an instrument for inserting a prosthetic device according to the invention.