Patent ID: 7972384
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An amputation stabilization device for mechanically stabilizing a remaining end of a tibia relative to a remaining end of a fibula of a partially amputated leg, the amputation stabilization device comprising: a first stabilizing component configured for connection to a remaining end of a tibia of a partially amputated leg; a second stabilizing component configured for connection to a remaining end of a fibula of a partially amputated leg; and a base plate having a proximal side and a distal side, a first region of the base plate to which the first stabilizing component is mechanically connected or connectable, and a second region of the base plate to which the second stabilizing component is mechanically connected or connectable, wherein the first region has a first irregular, non-symmetrical shape that approximates a remaining cross section of a tibia, wherein the second region has a second irregular, non-symmetrical shape that is different than the first shape and that approximates a remaining cross section of a fibula, and wherein the base plate has an irregular, non-symmetrical shape that approximates a remaining cross-section of a partially amputated leg; wherein the first stabilizing component is configured to extend from the proximal side of the base plate in the first region; wherein the second stabilizing component is configured to extend from the proximal side of the base plate in the second region; and wherein during use of the amputation stabilization device the first stabilizing component has a position on the base plate relative to a position of the second stabilizing component on the base plate in order to maintain an anatomically correct separation between remaining ends of a tibia and a fibula when the first stabilizing component and the second stabilizing component are connected to the remaining ends of a tibia and a fibula, respectively, and wherein the amputation stabilization device is configured to decrease independent movement of a tibia relative to a fibula of a partially amputated leg during dynamic loading of the partially amputated leg.