Publication number: 20210338297
Abstract: A series of surgical tools (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81) have respective operative heads (16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86 & 96) mounted adjacent a distal end of an elongate waveguide (12, 13, 14). The operative heads (16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86 & 96) are used to remove PMMA bone cement (2, 5) from within a hollow bone (1), such as a femur (1), as part of a prosthesis revision operation, such as replacement of an artificial hip joint. Torsional-mode ultrasonic vibrations are transmitted along the waveguide (12, 13, 14) to the respective operative heads (16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86 & 96), which are applied to the bone cement (2, 5), softening it and facilitating its removal. Elongate radial channels (18, 23, 28, 38) extend across cement-contacting faces of several of the surgical tools (11, 21, 31, 41, 71, 81), acting to focus and transmit the torsional-mode ultrasonic vibrations into adjacent cement (2, 5).
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2019
Publication date:
November 4, 2021
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Radley Young, Sean Martin Badcott