Prosthesis component and a method of producing it
First Claim
1. A method of producing a prosthesis component for anchoring with using bone cement and also for anchoring without using bone cement, in a bony bed in the epiphyseal, metaphyseal or diaphyseal portion of a bone, the bone having outer and inner contours, the prosthesis component produced thereby providing a surface for transmission of forces between the bone and the prosthesis component, the prosthesis component having a mass and a rigidity, the method comprising the following steps:
- three-dimensionally reconstructing the bony bed from a series of sections of the bone;
producing a contour model of the bone including the outer and inner contours;
determining mean density of the bone in individual bone sections; and
adapting the prosthesis component to the bony bed by determining a material property of the prosthesis component to correlate with the mean density in the individual bone sections.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a prosthesis component for anchoring with or without using bone cement and to a method of producing it. The prosthesis component, which can be produced by CAD and image-analysis methods, provides for the largest possible surface for the transmission of forces, and its mass and rigidity can be adapted to the individual properties of the bone.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of producing a prosthesis component for anchoring with using bone cement and also for anchoring without using bone cement, in a bony bed in the epiphyseal, metaphyseal or diaphyseal portion of a bone, the bone having outer and inner contours, the prosthesis component produced thereby providing a surface for transmission of forces between the bone and the prosthesis component, the prosthesis component having a mass and a rigidity, the method comprising the following steps:
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three-dimensionally reconstructing the bony bed from a series of sections of the bone; producing a contour model of the bone including the outer and inner contours; determining mean density of the bone in individual bone sections; and adapting the prosthesis component to the bony bed by determining a material property of the prosthesis component to correlate with the mean density in the individual bone sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A prosthesis component produced by the method comprising the following steps:
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three-dimensionally reconstructing a bed from a series of section of a bone; producing a contour model of the bone including the outer and inner contours; determining mean density of the bone in individual bone sections; and adapting the prosthesis component to the bony bed by determining a material property of the prosthesis component to the bony bed by determining a material property of the prosthesis component to correlate with the mean density in the individual bone sections.
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