Method and apparatus for removing pre-placed prosthetic joints and preparing for their replacement
CA 2013746 C · Owner: Chin, Albert K. · Inventors: Chin, Albert K.
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A method and apparatus for removing a pre-placed prosthetic joint from a bone cavity and conditioning the cavity for receipt of a replacement joint. The pre-placed joint is first pulled from the mantle of hardened cement holding it within the cavity thus, leaving a cavity within the mantle. A mass of fluid cement is then placed within the cement cavity after, which a pulling appliance is inserted into the fluid cement and the fluid cement is permitted to cure to bond the appliance to the mantle. Tension is then applied to the pulling appliance to remove the appliance and the cement mantle from the bone cavity as a unit. The fluid cement partially dissolves and softens the hardened cement …
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- Filed April 3, 1990 and granted October 26, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 3, 2010.
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