POROUS TITANIUM TIBIAL SLEEVE AND USE THEREOF IN REVISION KNEE JOINT SURGERY

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a porous titanium tibial sleeve and a method of using the same in a revision knee joint surgery. PSOLUTION: A monolithic foam sleeve comprises titanium or titanium alloy foam having a porosity of 50 to 85%. The sleeve has: a proximal surface; a distal end; an interior wall that defines an interior channel and extends from the proximal surface to the distal end; and a terraced outer surface that tapers such that the sleeve is widest at the proximal surface and most narrow at the distal end. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT