IMPLANTABLE END PAD

摘要

Disclosed is an implantable end pad. The end pad includes a bone attachment portion having a recess configured to receive an amputated bone of a residual limb. The end pad further includes an end portion having a contour corresponding to at least a portion of a socket of an artificial limb such that the end pad can be at least partially received in the socket of the residual limb. Further disclosed is a method wherein the end pad is implanted into a residual limb by way of a surgical procedure.

主权项

1. An artificial limb assembly, comprising:
an end pad adapted to be implanted beneath soft tissue such that the end pad is completely encapsulated by the soft tissue, the end pad further being adapted to be attached to an end of an amputated bone, the end pad including a recess adapted to receive the end of the amputated bone, wherein the end pad is provided by a single, continuous piece of polymer material, and wherein an inferior surface of the end pad has a convex outer contour providing a semi-spherical shape; and an artificial limb including a socket, the socket adapted to receive the end pad such that the soft tissue is provided between the end pad and the socket, wherein the outer contour of the inferior surface of the end pad corresponds to a contour of the socket.