US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 95
.~.~.~.~ Intramedullary plug or centering means

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606 /   HD   SURGERY

1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
53  DF  .~ Orthopedic instrumentation {5}
86  DF  .~.~ Means for use in bone reperation {11}
92  DF  .~.~.~ Device for the application of bone cement {2}
95.~.~.~.~ Intramedullary plug or centering means

DEFINITION

Classification: 606/95

Intramedullary plug or centering means:

(under subclass 92) Subject matter wherein the assisting means is a medullary canal occluding means which controls the placement of bone cement in the canal of wherein the assisting means is insertable within a medullary canal and positions an implantable means in the canal such that the bone cement is distributed in a desired or predetermined pattern within said canal about the implantable means.

(1) Note. The plugs are typically placed in the femur during hip replacement to prevent bone cement within the medullary canal from migrating toward the knee.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

623, Prosthesis, (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor, appropriate subclasses, for prosthetic devices having self-centering means, e.g., finger joints.