Patent ID: 6767368
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An elbow prosthesis which takes into account the position of a patients trochlea relative to the patient's humerus, prosthesis including a humeral component having a rod adapted to be inserted into the humerus of the patient and a body having a substantially cylindrical first articulating surface (S1), said rod of said humeral component having a longitudinal axis (X3), an ulnar component having a rod adapted to be inserted into an ulnar of the patient and a member forming a second articulating surface arranged about said first articulating surface of said body so as to pivot about a longitudinal axis (X1) of said body, and means for positioning the longitudinal axis (X1) of said body at a predetermined distance (dâ€²) with respect to the longitudinal axis (X3) of said rod of said humeral component which predetermined distance (dâ€²) is dependent on the patient's morphology and best corresponds to an anatomical position of the patient's trochlea relative to a sagittal plane with respect to a longitudinal axis of the patient's humerus.