Patent ID: 9724142
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A lesser trochanter securing device for use in artificial hip joint replacement, comprising: a basket portion adapted to cover, when in use, a lesser trochanter; and a buttress plating portion joined to a lower edge of the basket portion and is adapted to extend, when in use, toward a femoral shaft such that the buttress plating portion is secured and joined to the femoral shaft, the basket portion comprising a protrusion extending outward so as to be in conformity with the lesser trochanter when in use, wherein the protrusion has a truncated conical shape having first to third planes adapted to cover the lesser trochanter when in use, the first plane is disposed in a direction of the femoral shaft with respect to an intertrochanteric line, the second plane is disposed in a direction of the femoral shaft to face the first plane, and the third plane is disposed toward a femoral neck.