Patent ID: 6692506
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Prosthetic mounting clip, having a monolithic structure, made of a biologically absorbable plastic material, comprising a distal anchoring rod capable of being anchored in an anatomical support, a proximal stop bar relative to a prosthetic part, and a connecting rod connected to and extending between an intermediate connection point of the distal anchoring rod and an intermediate connection point of the proximal stop bar, the connecting rod having no more than one bend to define no more than two rod portions, the connecting rod being arranged relative to the distal anchoring rod so as to determine at least two positions of said connecting rod, namely an inoperative position in which at least a part of the connecting rod is arranged along a first direction relative to the distal anchoring rod, and a stressed position in which said part of the connecting rod is folded back against the distal anchoring rod along a second direction, and, in the inoperative position of the connecting rod, the proximal stop bar and the distal anchoring rod are arranged substantially in the same plane, said stop bar and said distal anchoring rod being arranged substantially parallel to one another and not along a same line, wherein, in the inoperative position of the connecting rod, at least the part of the connecting rod is in an inclined or oblique position relative to said proximal stop bar and to said distal anchoring rod at the connection points.