Patent ID: 6901811
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A61F,G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for testing femoral head prosthesis having a blind bore for receiving one end of a femoral head prosthesis, said device including a frame provided with a shaft projecting from the frame, said shaft having a substantially complementary shape to that of said bore and being associated with means for applying pressure onto said inner bore wall when a femoral head is fitted onto said shaft, wherein the shaft includes a sealed jacket having at least one deformable lateral wall portion, and a socket fitted onto said jacket and provided with elastic fingers, which extend substantially facing said deformable wall portion of the jacket, and wherein said jacket defines an inner chamber in communication with means supplying a pressurized fluid such that the fluid pressure is transmitted to the inner bore wall via said deformable wall and said elastic fingers.