Patent ID: 6589285
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
Apparatus for use with a femur in a hip replacement where the femur has a hollow cavity defined by an inner wall in the femur and where bone particles are implantable in the hollow cavity in the femur, including,an elongated tamp constructed for disposition in the hollow cavity in the femur, the tamp having an opening extending in the direction of the hollow cavity in the femur and having a socket near the bottom of the opening in the tamp, and an elongated guide disposed in the opening in the tamp, the guide having a collar at an intermediate position along the length of the guide, the collar extending outwardly from the guide in a direction transverse to the direction of elongation of the guide and being dimensioned for disposition in the socket near the bottom of the tamp to provide for a packing of the bone particles in the femur in the space in the cavity below the socket in the tamp between the guide and the cavity.