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20140074246 | RADIAL HEAD PROSTHESIS WITH FLOATING ARTICULAR MEMBER - System, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for replacement of the proximal end of a radial bone with a prosthesis having a floating articular member. The prosthesis may include a head portion connected or connectable to a stem portion. While the stem portion remains operatively connected to the head portion, the head portion and/or an articular member thereof may be permitted to float in position relative to the stem portion. The head portion/articular member may float transversely (e.g., translationally) and/or rotationally with respect to the stem portion. The articular member may articulate with a humeral bone or both a humeral bone and an ulnar bone. In some embodiments, the head portion may include a fixed member for articulation with an ulnar bone and a floating member for articulation with a humeral bone. | 03-13-2014 |
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20150157369 | NAIL-BASED COMPLIANT HIP FIXATION SYSTEM - System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may comprise an intramedullary nail configured to be placed longitudinally into a proximal femur. The system also may comprise a fixation element configured to be placed transversely through the nail, such that the fixation element is slideable along its long axis in the nail and extends out of the nail to a head of the proximal femur and is anchored in the head. A compliant member may be located in the nail and configured to deform reversibly in response to a load applied to the head of the proximal femur after placement of the fixation element, to reversibly change an angular orientation of the fixation element with respect to the nail. | 06-11-2015 |
20150157371 | HIP FIXATION SYSTEM WITH A COMPLIANT FIXATION ELEMENT - System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may include a support member defining an aperture and including an intramedullary nail for a proximal femur or a plate member for a proximal femur. The system also may include a fixation element having a compliant region and configured to be received in the aperture of the support member such that the fixation element extends out of the support member from the aperture and into a head of the proximal femur and is slideable with respect to the support member along a long axis defined by the fixation element. The system further may include a set of stiffening inserts each insertable into the fixation element and configured to stiffen the compliant region differently from one another. | 06-11-2015 |
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20120101460 | FLEXIBLE RESILIENT ABSORBENT CELLULOSIC NONWOVEN STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a fibrous porous fluid absorbent material comprising a nonwoven, in particular made by an Airlaid process and comprising fibers at least 50% of said fibers being cellulosic fibers. The fibrous porous fluid absorbent material comprises a core wherein said fibers of said core are non-connected or only partially connected and crosslinked with each other and at least one perforated surface layer having a perforation. The fibers of the surface layer are connected to each other and the flexural rigidity of said fibrous porous fluid absorbent material measured according to EDANA Standard Test Method 90.5 is reduced by at least 20%, preferably by at least 30%, more preferably by at least 40%, most preferably by at least 50%, compared to a corresponding non perforated fibrous porous fluid absorbent material comprising a core and a non perforated surface layer. | 04-26-2012 |
20120302983 | FLEXIBLE, STRONGLY ABSORBING MATERIAL - The invention relates to an absorbent structure having a sequence of layers, comprising at least one first and one second outer layer and at least one liquid storage layer arranged therebetween, wherein the layers are arranged on top of each other and form a layer structure, wherein at least the liquid storage layer comprises a cellulose material, preferably cellulose fibers, and a super-absorbent polymer SAP, preferably SAP particles and/or SAP fibers, wherein the liquid storage layer comprises at least less, preferably no, binder than liquid-storing layers of the absorbent structure adjacent to the liquid storage layer. The absorbent structure has particularly high flexibility in the wet and the dry state. It can preferably be used in disposable items. The invention further relates to a method for producing the absorbent structure and to a device for producing same. | 11-29-2012 |