Patent ID: 11963876
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing a medical device comprising at least one partly ball or bowl shaped artificial hip joint surface adapted to replace at least one hip joint surface in a functional hip joint, said hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, said method comprising the steps of:
inserting a needle or a tube like instrument into the patient's body,
using the needle or tube like instrument to fill a part of the patient's body with gas and thereby expanding a cavity within said body,
placing at least two laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars in said cavity,
inserting a camera through one of the laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars into said cavity,
inserting at least one dissecting tool through one of said at least two laparoscopic/arthroscopic trocars,
dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum,
creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through the pelvic bone and into said hip joint of the patient, and
providing said medical device to the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone of the patient.