Abstract: This orthopedic assembly has a connection between the ancillary tool and the stem or raspatory that allows both the raspatory and the femoral stem to be positioned in the intramedullary channel of a femur by means of the same ancillary tool. The connector includes a tapped hole extending from the bottom of a conical recess in the femoral end of the stem, or of the raspatory, and a threaded projection provided on the ancillary tool and designed to be screwed into the tapped hole. The bottom of the conical recess in the raspatory and in the stem has a profiled indentation whose edge includes alternating concave and convex curves and is designed to receive a male indexing part of a corresponding profile arranged on the end of the removable neck.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 1999
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2001
Assignee:
Groupe Grion
Inventors:
Michel Choteau, Gérard Grynblat, Joël Letendart, Henri Mathevon, Philippe Stahl, Jacques Van Overschelde, Philippe Vigier