A device to prevent prosthetic dislocation and wear

Glen Turley (Inventor), Damian Griffin (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

The invention concerns a trial femoral head for use with an acetabular cup wherein said head has at least one indicator representative of at least one of the following parameters a) acetabular cup inclination (α) and/or angle between the femoral neck and the transverse plane (a); and/or b) acetabular cup anteversion (β) and/or femoral neck version (b); a kit of parts including said head and a method to prevent prosthetic dislocation using said head.
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberWO2013117909A1
IPCA61F2/36
Priority date8/02/12
Filing date1/02/13
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

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