Patent ID: 8603154
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a modular prosthesis comprising: providing one or more interlocking modular segments, wherein each interlocking modular segment has a proximal and a distal end, a plurality of struts and a plurality of bends disposed between the proximal and distal ends, a ring shaped male interface element at the proximal end of a first modular segment, and a rounded female interface element at the distal end of a second modular segment, joining the one or more interlocking modular segments by inserting the ring shaped male interface element at the proximal end of a first interlocking modular segment into the rounded female interface element at the distal end of a second interlocking modular segment providing a plurality of interlocking modular segments in addition to the first and second interlocking modular segments; and joining the additional interlocking modular segments by inserting the ring shaped male interface element at the proximal end of one or more interlocking modular segments into the rounded female interface element at the distal end of another one or more interlocking modular segments, thereby causing a plurality of interlocking modular segments to extend from the proximal end of the first interlocking modular segment, and a plurality of interlocking modular segments to extend from the distal end of the second interlocking modular segment.