US 12,472,066 B2
Hollow sleeve augment device and tool
Eckhard Bauer, Kiel (DE); and Helmut D. Link, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/422,045.
Application 18/422,045 is a continuation of application No. 17/809,904, filed on Jun. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,918,472.
Application 17/809,904 is a continuation of application No. 15/742,697, granted, now 11,406,501, issued on Aug. 9, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2016/064728, filed on Jun. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15176128 (EP), filed on Jul. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156603 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/30734 (2013.01) [A61F 2/46 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30545 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30617 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30736 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30738 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4619 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4628 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An augment device for a joint endoprosthesis comprising:
a hollow sleeve surrounding a channel extending through the hollow sleeve from a top to a bottom of the hollow sleeve, the hollow sleeve comprising a wall having an inner face, and an outer face,
wherein the hollow sleeve comprises receptacles configured for engagement with a handling tool, wherein the receptacles are configured as recesses in the outer face for a form-fit of the handling tool, wherein the top of the hollow sleeve includes alignment holes that are configured for positioning of a jig, and the top of the hollow sleeve includes checking marks in a fixed spatial relation to the alignment holes, wherein the checking marks are configured to indicate proper positioning of the jig,
wherein the wall is at least partially comprised of porous material configured for promoting bone ingrowth,
wherein the hollow sleeve comprises a compensator element configured for adjusting a circumference of the hollow sleeve.