Patent ID: 9138320
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient, wherein said medical device is adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone of the patient, and wherein said medical device comprises an inner and an outer surface, the inner surface comprises an equator line, being the largest circular circumference of said inner surface, wherein a contacting portion of said inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the center of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and wherein said medical device is adapted to receive a caput femur or a prosthetic caput femur having a spherical portion, wherein a) said medical device comprises at least one extending portion extending beyond said circular equator line and being adapted to clasp the caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur, for restraining said caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur in said medical device, b) said medical device is adapted to release the caput femur or prosthetic caput femur from said medical device when a predetermined strain is placed on said medical device, and c) wherein said at least one extending portion adapted to clasp the caput femur comprises an elastic portion comprising an elastic band adapted to at least partly encircle the caput femur.