Sleeve for metal implant into bone

A sleeve 2 for location within a bone has a longitudinal bore for receiving a stem of a metal bone implant to prevent direct implant stem to bone contact and to aid removal of the implant after failure. The outer surface of the sleeves is shaped to provide good keying with the bone, and may be coate...

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Hauptverfasser:	DR P SHELLEY, PROFESSOR J R SHEARER
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A sleeve 2 for location within a bone has a longitudinal bore for receiving a stem of a metal bone implant to prevent direct implant stem to bone contact and to aid removal of the implant after failure. The outer surface of the sleeves is shaped to provide good keying with the bone, and may be coated with a suitable porous material to encourage tissue fixation.