Patent ID: 8632602
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A hip resurfacing implant, comprising a shell section, a wire and an attachment means to attach said secure said wire at a distal location opposite said shell section, said shell section comprised of a which is metallic material and geometrically part of a thin-walled hemispherical shell and further adapted to fit against an appropriately contoured femoral head, said hemispherical shell being characterized by a convex polished smooth continuously curved surface that is hemispherical and said hemispherical shell is further adapted to be affixed to underlying bone by said wire, said wire adapted to attach proximally to and extend from a trunnion that is provided at an antipodal point of said hemispherical shell projecting from the concave interior surface of said shell and said wire having a length to allow it to extend through the femoral head and through the femoral neck and exit the femur through the greater trochanter and said attachment means attaches to said wire distally from said shell and comprises a nut-washer combination whereby the tightening of said nut establishes a preload.