Patent ID: 7611513
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A greater trochanter re-attachment device for use in transfemoral revision surgery comprising an attachment means adapted for securing the device to a proximal end of a femoral prosthesis with which it is to be used, a bracket having a first portion for extending distally along the femur and an adjustable securing means adapted to extend through a guide on the first portion of the bracket and around a flap of bone containing the greater trochanter and which securing means, when secured in position, holds the greater trochanter in position in relation to the femoral prosthesis wherein the guide consists of a multiplicity of slits through the first portion spaced at intervals therealong intermediate first and second sides of the first portion and multiplicity of outwardly extending sections deformed outwardly of a bone surface on the first side of each slit along the bracket first portion, each of the outwardly extending sections of the bracket first portion extending away from a bone contacting surface of the bracket, the securing means extending below the outwardly extending section and above a bone contacting section of the first portion on the second side of the slits.