The artificial joint of the present invention is provided with a cup having a first housing part that opens on one first-direction side, an insert that is housed in the first housing part and has a second housing part that opens on one first-direction side, a movable member having a spherical head part rotatably housed in the second housing part and a neck part extending from the head part, and a connecting part that connects the insert to the cup pivotably around a pivotal axis extending in a second direction; the neck part contacting an edge part of the insert by pivoting around the pivotal axis; the insert pivoting around the pivotal axis; and part of the opposite side of the side pushed in by the neck part across the pivotal axis protruding from the cup to one first-direction side.

A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device comprises a prosthetic caput femur having least partially spherical portion and a releasing member. The releasing member is adapted to, in a first state, restrain the at least partially spherical portion in an acetabulum or a prosthetic acetabulum and, in a second state, to release the at least partially spherical portion from the acetabulum or the prosthetic acetabulum. The releasing member is further adapted to change from the first state to the second state and from the second state to the first state when a strain, exceeding a predetermined threshold, is exerted on the hip joint.

Multi-hooded enarthrodial joint implant has a ceramic articulating cup including a ceramic head-receiving cup having an articular surface upon which a head of a joint can articulate, and which, in general, has a margin generally about a hemisphere more or less and at least two hoods that are marginally extended continuations of superior one-half or so of cup containment of a sufficient magnitude to reduce an overall dimension of socket outlet to less than a hemisphere, which can embrace and contain the head. The head is made of ceramic and has a truncated generally circular cross section, a truncated surface with a feature for attachment of the stem, and an opposing articular surface for articulation against the articular surface of the ceramic head-receiving cup. As an ensemble, the cup is combined with the head, typically with a stem, for a total joint implant.

Implant devices, systems, and methods are used to prevent post-surgical dislocation of a surgically reconstructed ball-and-socket joint, while retaining the patient's range of motion. The implant device can have a cup having a substantially hemispherical inner contour; a head at least partially inserted within the cup, the head having an outer contour that is generally spherically-shaped, and an elastic retainer with an inner contour that is at least a cross-sectional segment of a spherical shape having substantially a same radius as the inner contour of the cup, the elastic retainer being attachable over an open end of the cup to retain the head within the cup and allowing the outer contour of the head to freely rotate and/or pivot against the inner contour of the cup over the predetermined range of motion of the ball-and-socket joint.

The invention concerns an improved prosthesis component (1), for example an acetabular or glenoid cup (2) of an orthopedic prosthesis (12) or a liner constrained inside the cup (2) and intended to receive a spherical joint (4, 5) of an artificial femoral or humeral head (10), said component being substantially hemispherical-shaped with a base (6) defining the lower edge of the liner (1). Advantageously, according to the invention, the insert or liner (1) comprises a lip (8) projecting beyond the base (6); in other words, the lip (8) projects beyond the equatorial line of the hemispherical form of the liner (1) partially occupying the missing hemisphere of the hemispherical form to define an undercut edge, as well as an extended portion (20) of said lip (8) by at least one tract of said base (6) in order to receive and hold a dual-mobility head in the spherical segment (9) inside the component (1, 1).

A system includes a constrained acetabular insert, a dual mobility liner, and a femoral head. The constrained acetabular insert has its perimeter extending beyond hemisphere and the dual mobility liner has its perimeter extending beyond hemisphere and configured to tilt and rotate within the constrained acetabular insert. The femoral head is configured to tilt and rotate within the dual mobility liner. The constrained acetabular insert may include a plurality of tabs and the dual mobility liner may include screw threads for receiving the plurality of tabs.

A medical device for treating hip joint osteoarthritis by providing at least one hip joint surface for a human patient is provided, wherein said medical device has a largest diameter or a largest cross-sectional distance, and an opening, and wherein said largest diameter or cross sectional distance is adapted to be changed during an operation. Furthermore, a method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing said the medical device is provided. The hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, the method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of the patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum, creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through said pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the patient, and providing said medical device to the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone of the patient.

A prosthesis including a hemiarthroplasty cup including an inner surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed femoral head outer surface, and an outer surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed acetabulum outer surface of an acetabulum socket, wherein the hemiarthroplasty cup is configured to maintain allowance of articulation of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum socket relative to the hemiarthroplasty cup after implantation.

The present invention relates to a method of treating a hip joint of a human patient, the hip joint comprising an acetabulum, the acetabulum being a part of the pelvic bone, and a caput femur, the caput femur being the proximal part of the femoral bone, said method comprising the steps of: cutting the skin of the human patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum, creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and performing an action in the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone.

A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device comprising a first piece being adapted to be fixated to the femoral bone and a second piece adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone. The medical device further comprises a releasing which in a first state is adapted to hold said first piece attached to said second piece, and in a second state release said first piece from said second piece. The releasing member is adapted to change from said first state to said second state when a predetermined strain is placed on said releasing member by the connection with the first or second piece. The medical device further comprises a calibration member for calibrating the pre-determined strain required for said releasing member to change from said first state to said second state.