Patent ID: 6695619
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An orthopaedic skeletal joint demonstration aid for demonstrating the fitting to a skeletal joint of additional different versions of an orthopaedic prosthesis in different surgical techniques, the aid comprising:a first facsimile skeletal part including a main portion and having at least one detachable portion which is detachable from the main portion to permit fitting of one part of a prosthesis thereto; and a second facsimile skeletal part including an elongate main portion and having at least one detachable portion which is detachable from the elongate main portion to permit fitting of another part of the prosthesis thereto, wherein the detachable portions of the second part include a generally box-shaped detachable portion which is detachably received within a slot in the elongate main portion to permit fitting of a version of the prosthesis part which does not incorporate a projecting box section and which is removable to permit fitting of a version of the prosthesis part which incorporates a projecting box section such that the projecting box section is received within the slot.