Patent ID: 8852287
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. A femoral head cap implant having a cap component( 12 ) for covering a diseased hip joint head and having a pin ( 14 ) insertable into a femoral neck bone for fixing the cap component atop the hip joint head, whereby the cap component and pin comprise a tissue-compatible metal, characterized in that a pick-up coil ( 18 ) having two terminals in which a low-frequency alternating current is inducible is arranged in said pin ( 14 ); that one terminal of the pick-up coil is coupled to said cap component( 12 ) and the other to a second tissue electrode ( 22 , 14 , 14 a ) and wherein said cap component comprises a concave surface that covers the surface of said hip joint head and the pin ( 14 ) is fixed to the concave inner surface of the cap component ( 12 ).