Tamp with horizontal steps used for impaction bone grafting in revision femur
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1. A tamp device for compacting a material in a cavity, comprising:
- an elongate body having proximal and distal ends, an outer surface and a longitudinal axis, the outer surface having a cross-section that decreases from the proximal end to the distal end thereof; and
a plurality of steps formed in the outer surface wherein each of the steps has a distal-facing surface and a side-facing surface, and each side-facing surface has a length that extends from a proximal end of the side-facing surface to a distal end of the side-facing surface, wherein adjacent distal-facing surfaces and side-facing surfaces intersect to form respective compacting crests, and the distal-facing surfaces of the steps are proximally canted to form an angle of less than about twenty degrees with a normal to the longitudinal axis of the body;
wherein each of the distal-facing surfaces of the plurality of steps extends further from the longitudinal axis than an adjacent, distally located distal-facing surface, such that each distal-facing surface is effective to longitudinally compact the material as the tamp is inserted into the cavity.
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Abstract
A tamp system includes a plurality of tamps, each of which includes an elongated body having a stepped outer surface. The body has a diameter and a longitudinal axis, wherein the diameter decreases from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The stepped outer surface includes a plurality of steps each having a distal-facing surface and a side-facing surface. Each tamp is adapted for compacting morsellized bone matter in a canal in a bone. The compacted bone matter can be used to resize the canal for a new prosthesis in a prosthesis revision surgery.
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1. A tamp device for compacting a material in a cavity, comprising:
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an elongate body having proximal and distal ends, an outer surface and a longitudinal axis, the outer surface having a cross-section that decreases from the proximal end to the distal end thereof; and a plurality of steps formed in the outer surface wherein each of the steps has a distal-facing surface and a side-facing surface, and each side-facing surface has a length that extends from a proximal end of the side-facing surface to a distal end of the side-facing surface, wherein adjacent distal-facing surfaces and side-facing surfaces intersect to form respective compacting crests, and the distal-facing surfaces of the steps are proximally canted to form an angle of less than about twenty degrees with a normal to the longitudinal axis of the body; wherein each of the distal-facing surfaces of the plurality of steps extends further from the longitudinal axis than an adjacent, distally located distal-facing surface, such that each distal-facing surface is effective to longitudinally compact the material as the tamp is inserted into the cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for compacting a morsellized bone material in a bone cavity, comprising:
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a plurality of tamps of differing sizes, each of the plurality of tamps including an elongate body with a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate body having an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of compacting steps formed in the outer surface wherein each of the steps extends about the outer surface of the elongate body and has a distal-facing surface and a side-facing surface, each side-facing surface having a length that extends from a proximal end of the side-facing surface to a distal end of the side-facing surface, the distal-facing surfaces of the steps being proximally canted and forming an angle of less than about twenty degrees with a normal to the longitudinal axis of the body, wherein each of the distal-facing surfaces of the plurality of steps extends further from the longitudinal axis than an adjacent, distally located distal-facing surface, such that each distal-facing surface longitudinally compacts the material as the tamp is inserted into the cavity. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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