Print Email Facebook Twitter Joint prosthesis and method of bone fixation Title Joint prosthesis and method of bone fixation Author Oosterom, R. Van der Pijl, A.J. Bersee, H.E.N. Van der Helm, F.C. Herder, J.L. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Date 2006-03-09 Abstract The invention relates to a joint prosthesis (10), for example, a knee joint or shoulder joint prosthesis comprising a first, socket-holding prosthesis part (11) for attachment to a first bone (12) and a second, ball-holding prosthesis part (13) for attachment to a second bone (14) that intermates with the first prosthesis part, wherein the first bone and the second bone are situated at either side of a joint, and wherein the ball (2) of the second prosthesis part is rotatably received in the socket (5) of the first prosthesis part, wherein the first prosthesis part can be coupled with the first bone by applying tensile strain bearing rods (6), wherein when the mounted prosthesis is in a virtually unloaded condition, there is no significant tensile force in the rods. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b2d01078-3b5d-46d3-96b9-180637730702 Publisher European Patent Office Source WO 2006025729 (A1) Is part of http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=WO&NR=2006025729A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=20060309&DB=&locale=en_EP Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type patent Rights (c) 2006 The Author(s) Files PDF WO2006025729A1.pdf 674.09 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b2d01078-3b5d-46d3-96b9-180637730702/datastream/OBJ/view