IP Library Granted Patent US 10,350,071
Granted Patent B2
US 10,350,071 · App. 15/106,995 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Coated hemi-prosthesis implant

Inventors: Reto Lerf (Langendorf, CH); Stefan Scheurer (Luterkofen, CH)
Assignee: Mathys AG Bettlach
A61F2/30A61F2/30767A61F2/3609A61F2/3804A61F2/3859A61F2/4014A61F2/4202A61F2/3094A61F2/4003A61F2002/3007A61F2002/30067A61F2002/30332A61F2002/30607A61F2002/30616A61F2002/30934A61F2002/30973A61F2002/3822A61F2002/4207
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Patent No.
US 10,350,071
App. No.
15/106,995
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hemi-prosthesis implant comprises a replacement-joint part with an articulation surface for tribological pairing with a joint surface of a natural joint counterpart. The articulation surface is embodied with a coating applied on a substrate. The substrate provides a relief for the adhesion of the coating. The relief may comprise one or more of a plurality of grooves, a plurality of teeth, a ribbing, and a roughened surface. The relief may be embodied entirely or partially outside the articulation surface. The replacement joint part may optionally comprise a ventilation feature, and the articulation surface may be formed by injection molding on the substrate. The hemi-prosthesis implant may be part of an implant set that includes both a hemi-prosthesis implant and a total prosthesis implant, either of which can be chosen intraoperatively.

Claims (32)

1. A hemi-prosthesis implant comprising:

a replacement joint part with an articulation surface for tribological pairing with a joint surface of a natural joint counterpart, wherein the articulation surface is embodied with a coating applied to a substrate, wherein the substrate provides a relief for adhesion of the coating, and wherein in an indentation of the relief one or more of a ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and a ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation is present.

2. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the relief provides a plurality of grooves.

3. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 2 , wherein the relief provides a plurality of longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves.

4. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the relief provides a ribbing.

5. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the relief comprises at least one roughened substrate region.

6. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed from one or more of a metal, a ceramic, and a reinforced synthetic material.

7. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the coating comprises one or more of a thermoplastic elastomer, polycarbonate urethane, a polyolefin polymer, a polyaryl ketone, and a hydrogel.

8. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein an at least partially peripheral anchoring groove is embodied directly on an outer pedestal of a base body forming the substrate.

9. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the relief is embodied entirely or partially outside the articulation surface.

10. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein the implant comprises a humerus-head hemi-prosthesis, a femur-head hemi-prosthesis, a hemi-prosthesis femur component, or a talar-body hemi-prosthesis.

11. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 1 , wherein in the indentation of the relief the ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and the ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation are present.

12. A hemi-prosthesis implant according to claim 11 , further comprising a metallic base body, wherein the substrate is on a surface of the metallic base body, and wherein the borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation extends continuously from the indentation through the metallic base body to an internal region of the metallic base body.

13. An implant set comprising:

an implant base for holding a replacement joint part;

a total prosthesis implant with a first replacement joint part with an articulation surface for tribological pairing with an articulation surface of a second replacement joint part of the total prosthesis implant; and

a hemi-prosthesis implant with a third replacement joint part, the third replacement joint part having a third replacement joint part articulation surface for tribological pairing with a joint surface of a natural joint counterpart, wherein the third replacement joint part articulation surface is embodied with a coating applied to a substrate, and wherein the substrate provides a relief for adhesion of the coating;

wherein both the first and also the third replacement joint part are embodied for holding by the implant base, so that either a total prosthesis or hemi-prosthesis can be implanted, and

wherein in an indentation of the relief one or more of a ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and a ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation is present.

14. An implant set according to claim 13 , further comprising a metallic base body, wherein in the indentation of the relief the ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and the ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation are present, wherein the substrate is on a surface of the metallic base body, and wherein the borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation extends continuously from the indentation through the metallic base body to an internal region of the metallic base body.

15. A method for manufacturing a hemi-prosthesis implant, the method comprising:

generating a relief on a substrate of a replacement joint part for adhesion of a coating; and

injection molding of the coating for embodiment of an articulation surface of the replacement joint part for tribological pairing with a joint surface of a natural joint counterpart; and

disposing in an indentation of the relief one or more of a ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and a ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation.

16. A method according to claim 15 , wherein the relief comprises one or more of a plurality of grooves, a plurality of teeth, a ribbing, and a roughened surface.

17. A method according to claim 15 , wherein substrate is formed from one or more of a metal, a ceramic, and a reinforced synthetic material.

18. A method according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the coating comprises one or more of a thermoplastic elastomer, polycarbonate urethane, a polyolefin polymer, a polyaryl ketone, and a hydrogel.

19. A method according to claim 15 , wherein the hemi-prosthesis implant comprises a humerus-head hemi-prosthesis, a femur-head hemi-prosthesis, a hemi-prosthesis femur component, or a talar-body hemi-prosthesis.

20. A method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

disposing in the indentation of the relief the ventilation borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation and leading into the substrate and the ventilation groove starting at the top edge of the indentation and leading away from the indentation;

forming the substrate on a surface of the metallic base body; and

extending the borehole located at the lowest part of the bottom of the indentation continuously from the indentation through the metallic base body to an internal region of the metallic base body.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2016
From: SCHEURER, STEFAN
To: MATHYS AG BETTLACH
Reel/Frame 039047/0360 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2016
From: LERF, RETO, DR
To: MATHYS AG BETTLACH
Reel/Frame 039047/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 227 136 · Dec 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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