Patent ID: 6221110
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A set of prostheses (10) of different sizes, each prosthesis comprising a support plate (14), to which a condyle joint element (18) is fitted, and an anchoring section (20), which can be introduced into a cavity of a bone (28), wherein the set comprises at least one pair of alternatively useable prostheses (10, 10*), wherein said anchoring section (20) of a first prostheses (10) is to be implanted in a cement-free manner and is more particularly constructed as a cage, and wherein said anchoring section (20*) of a second prosthesis (10*) is constructed as a solid shaft, a clear external contour of the first prosthesis (10) lying at a substantially constant distance beyond and parallel to a clear external contour of the second prosthesis (10*).