Patent ID: 6228122
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A device for hip replacement stability which hip replacement uses an acetabular cup implantable into adjacent bone and a replacement femur implantable into a femur, said device comprising:a connector which is adapted to be connected to (1) at least one of an acetabular cup, or a component of an acetabular cup, or the adjacent bone, and (2) a replacement femur;wherein said connector is comprised of a plurality of tethers, part of which tethers with cross-members form a net; andwherein said connector has a ring that is adapted to be connected around a neck of a replacement femur; andwherein said plurality of tethers is a attached to and spaced about said ring and are adapted to be connected to said at least one of the acetabular cup, or the component of the acetabular cup, or the adjacent bone.