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GB2059777A
GB2059777A GB8030996A GB8030996A GB2059777A GB 2059777 A GB2059777 A GB 2059777A GB 8030996 A GB8030996 A GB 8030996A GB 8030996 A GB8030996 A GB 8030996A GB 2059777 A GB2059777 A GB 2059777A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30Joints
    • A61F2/3094Designing or manufacturing processes
    • A61F2/30965Reinforcing the prosthesis by embedding particles or fibres during moulding or dipping
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L27/00Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
    • A61L27/02Inorganic materials
    • A61L27/08Carbon ; Graphite
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30Joints
    • A61F2/30721Accessories
    • A61F2/30723Plugs or restrictors for sealing a cement-receiving space
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30Joints
    • A61F2/30767Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30771Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/30Joints
    • A61F2/30767Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
    • A61F2/30907Nets or sleeves applied to surface of prostheses or in cement
    • A61F2002/30919Sleeves
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2310/00Prostheses classified in A61F2/28 or A61F2/30 - A61F2/44 being constructed from or coated with a particular material
    • A61F2310/00005The prosthesis being constructed from a particular material
    • A61F2310/00161Carbon; Graphite

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Abstract

An endoprosthetic bone joint component having an elongate member for entry into and securement to bone, the member being made primarily of metal and then supplemented by a carbon-fibre-reinforced carbon material secured thereto and defining at least part of the outer surface of the member to promote anastomosis in use of the device. The member can be supplemented by material in the form of one or more plugs extending transversely therethrough, preferably extending slightly proud of the member, and/or by at least partial sheathing. When sheathing is employed the member suitably has a ribbed, grooved, or other geometrically discontinuous cross-sectional shaping, and the sheathing preferably includes a tubular braid of carbon fibre. The material can be secured to the member by application of binder which is then pyrolysed.

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SPECIFICATION Endoprosthetic bone joint components This invention concerns endoprosthetic bone joint components and more particularly such components having stems or like elongated members for entry into and securement with bone.
Such stemmed components, or at least the elongate members thereof, are usually made of metal for reasons of strength, with the members being secured in the relevant bones in association with a gapfilling medium of acrylic form generally referred to as "bone cement". However, notwithstanding the fact that such components and fixation can provide useful results and are in widespread routine clinical usage, some doubts exist regarding the use of bone cement in the longer term. These doubts are perhaps better expressed as a wish to employ a mode of securement which is more physiologically natural, and an object of the present invention is to realise this wish while retaining desirable benefits of the existing metal fabrication.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an endoprosthetic bone joint component comprising an elongate member for entry into and securement to bone, said member being made primarily of metal and then supplemented by a porous carbon-fibrereinforced carbon material (CFRC) secured thereto and defining at least part of the outer surface of said member to promote anastomosis in use of the device.
Anastomosis is the growth of fibrous tissue and can serve to secure the relevant member in bone by intrusion into the CFRC whereafter the tissue ossifies to form a physiological anchor. This phenomenon and the relevance thereto of CFRC is discussed in more detail in the co-pending application filed on even date herewith (Application Number 30997/80), and such discussion is wholly and equally applicable in the present instance also.
The present invention can be viewed, in one respect, as a forerunner of that in said copending application, in so far as the former is more closely related than the latter to existing, ethically acceptable components and so can be more readily advanced through clinical trials.
In practice it is presently preferred that said metal member is supplemented by CFRC in the form of one or more plugs extending transverselytherethrough.
These plugs are preferably formed and located to be slightly proud of the metal member with the intention of allowing a friction fit in bone. Such a fit will provide a measure of stability for the component during the period of anastomosis and ossification, and the location of the CFRC in closest proximity to the bone will more readily promote anastomosis.
Securement of these proposed plugs can be effected by use of any suitable mechanical technique, such as a screw mechanism, but the present intention is that the plugs be bonded by use of further binder which is then pyrolised. More particularly, it is proposed that each plug be formed in two longitudinal halves with transversely enlarged heads, these halves being located from opposite ends of an appropriately counterbored passageway through the relevant member. in this last case, binder material can be sandwiched between the plug halves and then pyrolised to lock them in place.
In an alternative or modified arrangement the metal member is supplemented by sheathing, partially or wholly, with CFRC. Clearly, such a sheath can be used alone or in association with plugs, and in the latter case the sheath can serve to hold the plugs in place by securement to the member, or the sheath and plugs can be interlocked and so rendered captive on the member. Securement of such a sheath to the member suitably involves the provision of polygonal, ribbed, grooves, or other geometrically discontinuous cross-sectional shaping for the member to inhibit relative movement between the sheath and member after pyrolysis of the former on the latter.
Also, while the sheath can be fabricated with a variety of fibre matrix forms, it is preferred that a carbon fibre braid be employed. A braid will provide a desirable fibre orientation for the purposes of augmenting the strength of the metal member, and is at the same time of a tubular form which will readily conform to the shape of the member.
Yet another possibility for more general application in the present invention is that of carbon vapour deposition (CVD) both to form orto further impregnate the CFRC and at the same time to secure the same to the member. However this may lead to a requirement for subsequent heat treatment of the metal to ensure suitable properties because of the high temperatures involved in CVD. This is not the case for binder pyrolysis which involves lower temperatures.

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1. An endoprosthetic bone joint component comprising an elongate member for entry into and securement to bone, said member being made primarily of metal and then supplemented by a porous carbon-fibre-reinforced carbon material secured thereto and defining at least part of the outer surface of said member to promote anastomosis in use of the device.
2. A component according to claim 1 wherein said member is supplemented by said material in the form of one or more plugs extending transversely therethrough.
3. A component according to claim 2 wherein each said plug is formed and located to extend slightly proud of said member.
4. A component according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said member is supplemented by at least partially sheathing the same with said material.
5. A component according to claim 4 wherein said member has polygonal, ribbed, grooved, or other geometrically discontinuous cross-sectional shaping.
6. A component according to claim 4 or 5 wherein said sheathing includes a tubular braid of carbon fibre.
7. A component according to any preceding claim wherein said material is secured to said member by the application of binder material which is then pyrolised.
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FR2490483A1 (en) * 1980-09-25 1982-03-26 South African Inventions SURGICAL IMPLANT IN THE FORM OF A NAIL AND A SURGICAL IMPLANT NEEDLE, COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE CORD, A NAIL AND ANCHOR ELEMENT

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2490483A1 (en) * 1980-09-25 1982-03-26 South African Inventions SURGICAL IMPLANT IN THE FORM OF A NAIL AND A SURGICAL IMPLANT NEEDLE, COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE CORD, A NAIL AND ANCHOR ELEMENT
US4590928A (en) * 1980-09-25 1986-05-27 South African Invention Development Corporation Surgical implant

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