Patent ID: 6669734
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
Femur shaft prosthesis (1) which can be cemented in and which comprises a prosthesis neck (2), a shaft (3) and a proximal centering apparatus (4) which can be introduced with the shaft (3) into a bone cavity (5), characterized in that the shaft (3) is a collar-less shaft; in that the centering apparatus (4) can be pushed from the medial onto the shaft in the cemented region and has at least in the medial region a centering wedge (6) which widens towards the proximal and which is connected via webs (7) to a clamping apparatus (8), with the clamping apparatus (8) being arranged in the cement-less region of the prosthesis neck (2) and being removable when the webs (7) are interrupted.