DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND MONITORING OF LESION OF LOWER CROSS LIGAMENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a device for detecting and monitoring a lesion, such as a rupture, for example, of the anterior cruciate ligament called LCA of the knee by anterior translation of the tibia with respect to the femur according to the so-called Lachman test; said device is remarkable in that it consists of at least one concave, rigid, substantially semicylindrical elongated piece, called a shell (1), capable of capping a patient's tibia in such a way that its free ends (2, 3) are supported respectively on the tibia in lower diaphyseal situation and on the patella in a superior situation, the concave wall of the shell (1) forming a free space with the upper part of the tibia, an inflatable pocket (4) able to be positioned on the convex side of the shell (1) at the upper part of the tibia and connected to a source of pressurized fluid (5), and means (6) for attaching the shell (1) to the patient's leg .