Patent ID: 8845748
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method of producing an ex-vivo prosthetic hip cotyle assembly, comprising the steps of: a) providing a metal insertion shell having a concave receiving face and a peripheral receiving structure, b) providing a ceramic joint insert, distinct from and being manufactured separately from the insertion shell, having an exterior face and an interior receiving face comprising a concave joint surface, c) engaging the exterior face of the ceramic joint insert in the concave receiving face of the insertion shell, c1) removably fixing to the insertion shell a placement and orientation insert having an assembly structure to which an impacter can be removably fixed, d) sterilizing the combination thus formed in a microbial protection envelope to obtain an ex-vivo prosthetic hip cotyle assembly allowing a simultaneous impaction of the metal insertion shell and of the ceramic joint insert in the pelvis of the patient, wherein the placement and orientation insert, fixed to the insertion shell, bears on the ceramic joint insert to retain it in the insertion shell.