DEVICE FOR EXTRACTION OF PROSTHETIC IMPLANTS

摘要

A surgical cutting guide includes a guide body removably attachable to a proximal end of an implanted prosthesis. The guide body has at least one locator configured to azimuthally orient the guide body with respect to the prosthesis. The guide body has at least one slot extending from a proximal side of the guide body to a distal side of the guide body. A method of removing an implanted prosthesis can attach a surgical cutting guide to an implanted prosthesis with a specified azimuthal orientation, can direct an osteotome through a slot in the surgical cutting guide to a specified location at or near an interface between the prosthesis and the bone, can dislodge the prosthesis from the bone using the osteotome, can retract the osteotome through the slot, and can remove the dislodged prosthesis from the bone.

主权项

1. A surgical cutting guide for removing a prosthesis implanted in a bone, the prosthesis having a proximal end, a distal end, a medial side and a lateral side, the surgical cutting guide comprising:
a guide body removably attachable to the proximal end of the prosthesis, the guide body having at least one locator configured to azimuthally orient the guide body with respect to the prosthesis, and the guide body having at least one slot extending from a proximal side of the guide body to a distal side of the guide body.