US20110257756A1 - Talar implants and methods of use - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to devices and methods for the repair of articular cartilage defects.
- this invention relates to new and improved implants that serve as a replacement for diseased or damaged cartilage in joints such as human ankles, and in more particularity talar cartilage.
- Cartilage acts as a pad between bones to reduce friction and prevent the bones from grinding against one another.
- Cartilage covers the articular surface of many, if not all, joints in the body.
- the smoothness and thickness of the cartilage are factors that determine the load-bearing characteristics and mobility of the joints.
- lesions such as fissures, cracks or crazes can form in the cartilage.
- osteochondral the lesion penetrates to the subchondral surface of the bone.
- chondral the lesion does not penetrate to the subchondral surface of the bone.
- the term “torus” means the surface of a toroid.
- tubular radius refers to the radius of the tube of a torus, as opposed to the “major radius,” which refers to the radius from the center of the torus to the center of the tube.
- a implant which includes a head and a stem.
- the head is bounded by an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface and a lower surface.
- the anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface are each approximately perpendicular to each other and intersect each other, thus forming edges of the head.
- the anterior surface and the posterior surface are approximately parallel to each other and separated a distance from each other; the posterior surface intersects the upper surface and lateral surface and lower surface, thus forming additional edges of the head.
- the upper surface has the general shape of portions of the superior and medial articular surfaces of a talus, which consist of the trochlea for the tibia, and the surface for the medial malleolus of the tibia.
- the stem has a cylindrical portion and a truncated conical portion. The cylindrical portion is affixed to and extends downward from the lower surface of the head, and the truncated conical portion is affixed to and extends downward from a lower end of the cylindrical portion.
- a method of repairing articular cartilage using the implant device includes locating articular cartilage having a lesion.
- An implant device as described above, is selected preferably having dimensions compatible with the lesion.
- a hole is formed through the cartilage and subchondral bone, into the cancellous bone.
- the implant device may be inserted into the hole so that the lower, anterior, posterior and lateral surfaces of the head of the implant device abut against the prepared subchondral and cancellous bone and the stem of the implant device abuts against the prepared cancellous bone.
- FIG. 1 is an angled view of one embodiment of an implant
- FIG. 2 is a segmented and exploded view of the head of the implant of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an end view of the implant of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a side view of the implant of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 is an illustrative embodiment of an implant 100 , in which the vertical, V, horizontal, H, and depth, D, orientations of this embodiment are depicted.
- the implant 100 is preferably used to replace portions of the superior and medial articulating surfaces of the talus.
- the implant 100 includes a head 105 and a stem 133 .
- the head 105 is preferably bound by five surfaces: an upper surface 110 , an anterior surface 113 , a posterior surface 115 , a lateral surface 117 , and a lower surface 120 .
- the anterior surface 113 , lateral surface 117 , and lower surface 120 may be each flat and approximately perpendicular to one another.
- the blend may have an edge radius of from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeter.
- the upper surface 110 is preferably shaped to mimic portions of the superior and medial articular surfaces of a talus.
- the upper surface 110 may be thought of as segmented into a first portion 123 , a second portion 125 , and a third portion 127 .
- the first portion 123 may be tangent on its lateral edge to the second portion 125 .
- the first portion 123 may also be tangent on its medial edge to the third portion 127 .
- the first portion 123 is generally bounded on its lateral and medial edges by dashed lines A and B.
- the first portion 123 may be a convex surface having a generally toroidal shape with a major radius ranging from about 9 millimeters to about 31 millimeters, alternatively from about 14 millimeters to about 26 millimeters, and alternatively about 16 millimeters.
- the minor (tubular) radius of the first portion 123 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 6 millimeters, alternatively from about 3 millimeters to about 5 millimeters, and alternatively about 4 millimeters.
- the first portion 123 may have an apex point 130 which is the most superior point on the upper surface 110 , and in an embodiment the apex point 130 is located equidistant from planes containing the anterior 113 and posterior 115 surfaces.
- the second portion 125 may be a generally convex-concave shape having a toroidal saddle shape.
- the toroidal saddle shape of the second portion 125 may have a major radius in its plane of convex curvature ranging from about 20 millimeters to about 100 millimeters, alternatively from about 40 millimeters to about 80 millimeters, and alternatively about 60 millimeters.
- the toroidal saddle shape of the second portion 125 may have a minor (tubular) radius in its plane of concave curvature ranging from about 10 millimeters to about 70 millimeters, alternatively from about 25 millimeters to about 55 millimeters, and alternatively about 40 millimeters.
- the third portion 127 may have the general shape of a portion of the surface of a right circular cone with a vertex angle ranging from about 60 degrees to about 89 degrees, alternatively from about 70 degrees to about 80 degrees, and alternatively about 75 degrees.
- the distance normal to a plane containing the lateral surface 117 and terminating at the apex point 130 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, and alternatively from about 6 millimeters to about 8 millimeters.
- the distance normal to the lower surface 120 and terminating at the apex point 130 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, and alternatively from about 6 millimeters to about 8 millimeters.
- the distance normal from the anterior surface 113 to the posterior surface 115 may range from about 6 millimeters to about 18 millimeters, alternatively from about 8 millimeters to about 16 millimeters, and alternatively from about 10 millimeters to about 14 millimeters.
- the stem 133 may extend from the lower surface 120 of the head 105 in a general direction away from the third portion 127 of the upper surface 110 .
- the head 105 and stem 133 are formed as a non-modular, uni-body, i.e., one integral piece without no intervening mechanical connection.
- the stem may also extend from the lower surface 120 of the head 105 in a general direction toward a plane containing the lateral surface 117 of the head 105 . In this manner, the stem 133 may extend at an angle—relative to the normal to the lower surface 120 of the head 105 —ranging from about 0 to about 45 degrees, alternatively from about 0 to about 30 degrees, and alternatively about 15 degrees.
- the stem 133 may be of a single cylindrical or a single, truncated conical shape.
- the stem 133 may include two portions: an cylindrical portion 135 and a truncated conical portion 137 .
- the cylindrical portion 135 may be adjacent to the lower surface 120 of the head 105 , and of an approximate cylindrical shape, which extends in a direction away from the lower surface 120 of the head 105 .
- the cylindrical portion 135 may have a diameter ranging from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 8 millimeters, and alternatively about 6 millimeters.
- the central length of the cylindrical portion 135 may range from about 0.1 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, alternatively from about 0.25 millimeters to about 5 millimeters, and alternatively from about 0.5 millimeters to about 3 millimeters. As the cylindrical portion 135 is preferably disposed at an angle, its central length will be greater than the minimum length along its outer surface and less than the maximum length along its outer surface.
- the lower surface 120 of the head 105 may blend into the cylindrical portion 135 of the stem 133 with a corner fillet.
- the corner fillet may have a radius of about 1.5 millimeters.
- the truncated conical portion 137 may be adjacent to the cylindrical portion 135 , and of an approximate truncated conical shape, which extends in a direction away from the cylindrical portion 135 .
- the maximum diameter of the truncated conical portion 137 may be at its intersection with the cylindrical portion 135 , and the maximum diameter of the truncated conical portion 137 may be equal to the diameter of the cylindrical portion 135 .
- the diameter of the truncated conical portion 137 may decrease along a direction away from the cylindrical portion 135 .
- the total included angle of the truncated conical portion 137 may range from about 0 degrees to about 15 degrees, alternatively from about 5 degrees to about 10 degrees, and alternatively about 7.5 degrees.
- the central length of the truncated conical portion 137 may range from about 0.1 millimeters to about 15 millimeters, alternatively from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, and alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters.
- the truncated conical portion 137 may include circumferential grooves 140 about its perimeter.
- the shape of the circumferential grooves 140 may be defined by a partial torus having a tubular radius ranging from about 0.25 millimeters to about 2 millimeters, alternatively from about 0.5 millimeters to about 1 millimeter, alternatively about 1 millimeter.
- the circumferential grooves 140 may be spaced apart at a distance ranging from about 1 millimeter to about 3 millimeters from each other, alternatively from about 2 millimeters to about 2.5 millimeters from each other along the central axis of the truncated conical portion.
- the circumferential grooves 140 may blend into the truncated conical portion 137 of the stem 133 with a blend having an edge radius of from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeters, alternatively about 0.8 millimeters.
- the implant 100 many be manufactured from a variety of suitable materials, having the requisite strength and biocompatibility characteristics to function as an implant, including but not limited to any of the following, individually or in combination, graphite, pyrocarbon, ceramic, aluminum oxide, silicone nitride, silicone carbide or zirconium oxide; metal and metal alloys, e.g., Co—Cr—W—Ni, Co—Cr—Mo, CoCr alloys, CoCr molybdenum alloys, Cr—Ni—Mn alloys; powder metal alloys, 316L or other stainless steels, Ti and Ti alloys including Ti 6A1-4V ELI; polymers, e.g., polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers, polyaryletherketones such as polyetherehterketone (PEEK) or polyetherketoneketone (PEKK); biomaterials such as polycaprolactone; and diffusion hardened materials such as Ti-13-13, zirconium and ni
- the implant 100 may be coated with a variety of suitable materials, including any of the following, individually or in combination, porous coating systems on bone-contacting surfaces, hydrophilic coatings on load-bearing surfaces, hydroxyapatite coatings on bone-contacting surfaces, and tri-calcium phosphate on bone-contacting surfaces.
- suitable coatings include growth factors and other biological agents such as bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP's), transforming growth factor beta, among others.
- components of the invention may be molded or cast, hand-fabricated or machined.
- the implant 100 is composed of graphite and pyrocarbon.
- the implant 100 is graphite and includes a coating of pyrocarbon.
- the pyrocarbon coating may have an average thickness of from about 100 to about 1000 microns, alternatively from about 200 microns to about 500 microns, alternatively from about 250 to about 500 microns, alternatively about 350 microns.
- the pyrocarbon coating may have an elastic modulus from about 15 gigapascals (“GPa”) to about 22 GPa, alternatively about 20 GPa.
- the pyrocarbon coating may further have a strength of at least 200 megapascals (“MPa”), alternatively at least about 300 MPa, alternatively at least about 400 MPa.
- MPa megapascals
- the pyrocarbon elastic modulus and strength are preferably tested using four-point bend, third-point-loading substrated specimens of dimensions 25 millimeters by 6 millimeters by 0.4 millimeters.
- the pyrocarbon is pyrolytic carbon as described in Pure Pyrolytic Carbon: Preparation and Properties of a New Material, On - X Carbon for Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses , Ely et al, J. Heart Valve Dis., Vol. 7, No. 6, A00534 (November 1998), alternatively pyrocarbon is pyrolytic carbon as described in the before-mentioned J. Heart Valve Dis. publication, but includes additional silicon.
- the above-described implants may be used to repair damaged articular cartilage in humans, including ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, shoulders, and the like joints.
- a patient having articular cartilage damage is identified. The patient is fully informed of the risks associated of surgery, and consents to the same. An incision is made near the damaged articular cartilage.
- the lesion to be repaired is identified, and a implant having dimensions compatible with the lesion is selected.
- the implant may be slightly smaller or slightly larger than the lesion. In these embodiments, the implant is from about 0.1 percent to about 20 percent smaller or larger than the lesion.
- a hole is then formed, i.e., drilled, punched, or broached, through the cartilage and the subchondral bone into the cancellous bone.
- the dimensions of the hole are slightly less than the horizontal and depth dimensions of the stem of the implant. This may be achieved, for example, by using a box chisel and then a tapered dill bit.
- the minimum length of the hole is equal to or slightly greater than the length of the stem 133 of the implant 100 , along the central axis of the stem.
- the stem 133 of the implant 100 may be inserted into the hole, and the lower surface 120 and lateral surface 117 of the implant's 100 head 105 may rest against the bone. The incision is then sutured by any of several known methods.
Abstract
Implant devices, and method of using the same, are provided. The implant devices have a head and a stem. The head has an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface and a lower surface. The anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface are approximately perpendicular to and intersect each other. The anterior surface and the posterior surface are approximately parallel to each other. Preferably, the upper surface has a general shape of at least a portion of a superior articular surface of a talus and at least a portion of a medial articular surfaces of a talus. The stem has a truncated conical portion and a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is affixed to the lower surface of the head, and the truncated conical portion is affixed to the cylindrical portion.
Description
- This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/319,869 filed on Jan. 19, 2009, which claims the priority and benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/078,095 filed Jul. 3, 2008.
- This invention relates to devices and methods for the repair of articular cartilage defects. In particular embodiments of, this invention relates to new and improved implants that serve as a replacement for diseased or damaged cartilage in joints such as human ankles, and in more particularity talar cartilage.
- Cartilage acts as a pad between bones to reduce friction and prevent the bones from grinding against one another. Cartilage covers the articular surface of many, if not all, joints in the body. The smoothness and thickness of the cartilage are factors that determine the load-bearing characteristics and mobility of the joints. Over time, due to injury or heredity, however, lesions such as fissures, cracks or crazes can form in the cartilage. In some cases, osteochondral, the lesion penetrates to the subchondral surface of the bone. In other cases, chondral, the lesion does not penetrate to the subchondral surface of the bone. In any event, lesions generally do not repair themselves—and if any repair is made it is generally insufficient to heal—leading to significant pain and disability, either acutely or over time. Thus, there has long been a need to treat, repair, or regenerate damaged articular cartilage.
- One approach for regenerating new cartilage is autologous chondrocyte transplantation. However, this technique is complex and relatively costly. Other techniques, aimed at repair instead of regeneration, include debridement, lavage, microfracturing, drilling, and abrasion arthroplasty. These procedures generally involve penetrating the region of vascularization in the subchondral bone with an instrument until bleeding occurs. Formation of a fibrin clot differentiates into fibrocartilage, which then covers the defect site. Some have found, however, that the resulting repair tissue is relatively weak, disorganized, and lacks the biomechanical properties of normal hyaline cartilage that typically covers the bone ends. Additionally, this technique can generally only be used on chondral defects in the presence of normal joint congruity.
- An alternative approach has been to undergo a total replacement of the joint. Such total replacements, however, are costly, high risk, and involve a long recovery time.
- In various illustrating embodiments, the term “torus” means the surface of a toroid.
- In various illustrating embodiments, the term “tubular radius” refers to the radius of the tube of a torus, as opposed to the “major radius,” which refers to the radius from the center of the torus to the center of the tube.
- In various illustrating embodiments, geometric terms such as “circle”, “circular,” “cylinder”, “cylindrical,” “cone,” “conical,” “normal,” and the like are used as references and for clarity of understanding, as would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Accordingly, these terms should not be limited to strict Euclidean standards.
- Various illustrating embodiments of the present invention provide implant devices, preferably for use in human joints, including the talus. In accordance with one aspect of an illustrating embodiment of the present invention a implant is provided which includes a head and a stem. The head is bounded by an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface and a lower surface. The anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface are each approximately perpendicular to each other and intersect each other, thus forming edges of the head. The anterior surface and the posterior surface are approximately parallel to each other and separated a distance from each other; the posterior surface intersects the upper surface and lateral surface and lower surface, thus forming additional edges of the head. Preferably, the upper surface has the general shape of portions of the superior and medial articular surfaces of a talus, which consist of the trochlea for the tibia, and the surface for the medial malleolus of the tibia. The stem has a cylindrical portion and a truncated conical portion. The cylindrical portion is affixed to and extends downward from the lower surface of the head, and the truncated conical portion is affixed to and extends downward from a lower end of the cylindrical portion.
- In accordance with another aspect of an illustrating embodiment of the present invention, a method of repairing articular cartilage using the implant device is provided. The method of this illustrative embodiment includes locating articular cartilage having a lesion. An implant device, as described above, is selected preferably having dimensions compatible with the lesion. A hole is formed through the cartilage and subchondral bone, into the cancellous bone. The implant device may be inserted into the hole so that the lower, anterior, posterior and lateral surfaces of the head of the implant device abut against the prepared subchondral and cancellous bone and the stem of the implant device abuts against the prepared cancellous bone.
- In the detailed description which follows in conjunction with the drawings, like parts are given like reference numerals, and the vertical, horizontal and depth orientations of a given embodiment are specified explicitly in at least one drawing of an illustrative embodiment.
- The drawing figures are not necessarily to scale and certain features of the invention may be shown exaggerated in scale or in somewhat schematic form in the interest of clarity and conciseness, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is an angled view of one embodiment of an implant; -
FIG. 2 is a segmented and exploded view of the head of the implant ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an end view of the implant ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIG. 4 is a side view of the implant ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 1 is an illustrative embodiment of animplant 100, in which the vertical, V, horizontal, H, and depth, D, orientations of this embodiment are depicted. Theimplant 100 is preferably used to replace portions of the superior and medial articulating surfaces of the talus. Theimplant 100 includes ahead 105 and astem 133. Thehead 105 is preferably bound by five surfaces: anupper surface 110, ananterior surface 113, aposterior surface 115, alateral surface 117, and alower surface 120. Theanterior surface 113,lateral surface 117, andlower surface 120 may be each flat and approximately perpendicular to one another. Theanterior surface 113 andposterior surface 115 may be approximately parallel. All of the surfaces of thehead 105 preferably blend into one another. The blend may have an edge radius of from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeter. - The
upper surface 110 is preferably shaped to mimic portions of the superior and medial articular surfaces of a talus. For ease of reference, theupper surface 110 may be thought of as segmented into afirst portion 123, asecond portion 125, and athird portion 127. Thefirst portion 123 may be tangent on its lateral edge to thesecond portion 125. Thefirst portion 123 may also be tangent on its medial edge to thethird portion 127. In an embodiment, with reference toFIG. 2 , thefirst portion 123 is generally bounded on its lateral and medial edges by dashed lines A and B. - With reference to
FIGS. 1 and 2 , thefirst portion 123 may be a convex surface having a generally toroidal shape with a major radius ranging from about 9 millimeters to about 31 millimeters, alternatively from about 14 millimeters to about 26 millimeters, and alternatively about 16 millimeters. The minor (tubular) radius of thefirst portion 123 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 6 millimeters, alternatively from about 3 millimeters to about 5 millimeters, and alternatively about 4 millimeters. Thefirst portion 123 may have anapex point 130 which is the most superior point on theupper surface 110, and in an embodiment theapex point 130 is located equidistant from planes containing the anterior 113 and posterior 115 surfaces. Thesecond portion 125 may be a generally convex-concave shape having a toroidal saddle shape. The toroidal saddle shape of thesecond portion 125 may have a major radius in its plane of convex curvature ranging from about 20 millimeters to about 100 millimeters, alternatively from about 40 millimeters to about 80 millimeters, and alternatively about 60 millimeters. The toroidal saddle shape of thesecond portion 125 may have a minor (tubular) radius in its plane of concave curvature ranging from about 10 millimeters to about 70 millimeters, alternatively from about 25 millimeters to about 55 millimeters, and alternatively about 40 millimeters. Thethird portion 127 may have the general shape of a portion of the surface of a right circular cone with a vertex angle ranging from about 60 degrees to about 89 degrees, alternatively from about 70 degrees to about 80 degrees, and alternatively about 75 degrees. - The distance normal to a plane containing the
lateral surface 117 and terminating at theapex point 130 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, and alternatively from about 6 millimeters to about 8 millimeters. The distance normal to thelower surface 120 and terminating at theapex point 130 may range from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, and alternatively from about 6 millimeters to about 8 millimeters. The distance normal from theanterior surface 113 to theposterior surface 115 may range from about 6 millimeters to about 18 millimeters, alternatively from about 8 millimeters to about 16 millimeters, and alternatively from about 10 millimeters to about 14 millimeters. - With reference to
FIGS. 1 , 3, and 4, thestem 133 may extend from thelower surface 120 of thehead 105 in a general direction away from thethird portion 127 of theupper surface 110. Preferably, thehead 105 and stem 133 are formed as a non-modular, uni-body, i.e., one integral piece without no intervening mechanical connection. The stem may also extend from thelower surface 120 of thehead 105 in a general direction toward a plane containing thelateral surface 117 of thehead 105. In this manner, thestem 133 may extend at an angle—relative to the normal to thelower surface 120 of thehead 105—ranging from about 0 to about 45 degrees, alternatively from about 0 to about 30 degrees, and alternatively about 15 degrees. - The
stem 133 may be of a single cylindrical or a single, truncated conical shape. Alternatively, thestem 133 may include two portions: ancylindrical portion 135 and a truncatedconical portion 137. Thecylindrical portion 135 may be adjacent to thelower surface 120 of thehead 105, and of an approximate cylindrical shape, which extends in a direction away from thelower surface 120 of thehead 105. Thecylindrical portion 135 may have a diameter ranging from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 8 millimeters, and alternatively about 6 millimeters. The central length of thecylindrical portion 135 may range from about 0.1 millimeters to about 10 millimeters, alternatively from about 0.25 millimeters to about 5 millimeters, and alternatively from about 0.5 millimeters to about 3 millimeters. As thecylindrical portion 135 is preferably disposed at an angle, its central length will be greater than the minimum length along its outer surface and less than the maximum length along its outer surface. Thelower surface 120 of thehead 105 may blend into thecylindrical portion 135 of thestem 133 with a corner fillet. The corner fillet may have a radius of about 1.5 millimeters. - The truncated
conical portion 137 may be adjacent to thecylindrical portion 135, and of an approximate truncated conical shape, which extends in a direction away from thecylindrical portion 135. The maximum diameter of the truncatedconical portion 137 may be at its intersection with thecylindrical portion 135, and the maximum diameter of the truncatedconical portion 137 may be equal to the diameter of thecylindrical portion 135. The diameter of the truncatedconical portion 137 may decrease along a direction away from thecylindrical portion 135. The total included angle of the truncatedconical portion 137 may range from about 0 degrees to about 15 degrees, alternatively from about 5 degrees to about 10 degrees, and alternatively about 7.5 degrees. The central length of the truncatedconical portion 137 may range from about 0.1 millimeters to about 15 millimeters, alternatively from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, and alternatively from about 4 millimeters to about 10 millimeters. - The truncated
conical portion 137 may includecircumferential grooves 140 about its perimeter. The shape of thecircumferential grooves 140 may be defined by a partial torus having a tubular radius ranging from about 0.25 millimeters to about 2 millimeters, alternatively from about 0.5 millimeters to about 1 millimeter, alternatively about 1 millimeter. Thecircumferential grooves 140 may be spaced apart at a distance ranging from about 1 millimeter to about 3 millimeters from each other, alternatively from about 2 millimeters to about 2.5 millimeters from each other along the central axis of the truncated conical portion. Thecircumferential grooves 140 may blend into the truncatedconical portion 137 of thestem 133 with a blend having an edge radius of from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeters, alternatively about 0.8 millimeters. - The
implant 100 many be manufactured from a variety of suitable materials, having the requisite strength and biocompatibility characteristics to function as an implant, including but not limited to any of the following, individually or in combination, graphite, pyrocarbon, ceramic, aluminum oxide, silicone nitride, silicone carbide or zirconium oxide; metal and metal alloys, e.g., Co—Cr—W—Ni, Co—Cr—Mo, CoCr alloys, CoCr molybdenum alloys, Cr—Ni—Mn alloys; powder metal alloys, 316L or other stainless steels, Ti and Ti alloys including Ti 6A1-4V ELI; polymers, e.g., polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers, polyaryletherketones such as polyetherehterketone (PEEK) or polyetherketoneketone (PEKK); biomaterials such as polycaprolactone; and diffusion hardened materials such as Ti-13-13, zirconium and niobium. Moreover, theimplant 100 may be coated with a variety of suitable materials, including any of the following, individually or in combination, porous coating systems on bone-contacting surfaces, hydrophilic coatings on load-bearing surfaces, hydroxyapatite coatings on bone-contacting surfaces, and tri-calcium phosphate on bone-contacting surfaces. Other suitable coatings include growth factors and other biological agents such as bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP's), transforming growth factor beta, among others. Additionally, components of the invention may be molded or cast, hand-fabricated or machined. - In an illustrative embodiment, the
implant 100 is composed of graphite and pyrocarbon. Preferably, theimplant 100 is graphite and includes a coating of pyrocarbon. The pyrocarbon coating may have an average thickness of from about 100 to about 1000 microns, alternatively from about 200 microns to about 500 microns, alternatively from about 250 to about 500 microns, alternatively about 350 microns. The pyrocarbon coating may have an elastic modulus from about 15 gigapascals (“GPa”) to about 22 GPa, alternatively about 20 GPa. The pyrocarbon coating may further have a strength of at least 200 megapascals (“MPa”), alternatively at least about 300 MPa, alternatively at least about 400 MPa. The pyrocarbon elastic modulus and strength are preferably tested using four-point bend, third-point-loading substrated specimens of dimensions 25 millimeters by 6 millimeters by 0.4 millimeters. Preferably the pyrocarbon is pyrolytic carbon as described in Pure Pyrolytic Carbon: Preparation and Properties of a New Material, On-X Carbon for Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses, Ely et al, J. Heart Valve Dis., Vol. 7, No. 6, A00534 (November 1998), alternatively pyrocarbon is pyrolytic carbon as described in the before-mentioned J. Heart Valve Dis. publication, but includes additional silicon. - The above-described implants may be used to repair damaged articular cartilage in humans, including ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, shoulders, and the like joints. In another illustrative embodiment or a preferred method, a patient having articular cartilage damage is identified. The patient is fully informed of the risks associated of surgery, and consents to the same. An incision is made near the damaged articular cartilage. The lesion to be repaired is identified, and a implant having dimensions compatible with the lesion is selected. The implant may be slightly smaller or slightly larger than the lesion. In these embodiments, the implant is from about 0.1 percent to about 20 percent smaller or larger than the lesion. A hole is then formed, i.e., drilled, punched, or broached, through the cartilage and the subchondral bone into the cancellous bone. Preferably, the dimensions of the hole are slightly less than the horizontal and depth dimensions of the stem of the implant. This may be achieved, for example, by using a box chisel and then a tapered dill bit. Preferably the minimum length of the hole is equal to or slightly greater than the length of the
stem 133 of theimplant 100, along the central axis of the stem. An amount of healthy and damaged cartilage may be removed near the lesion so that thelower surface 120 andlateral surface 117 of thehead 105 may rest against the patient's bone. In this manner, however, it is preferable to remove as little healthy cartilage as possible. Thestem 133 of theimplant 100 may be inserted into the hole, and thelower surface 120 andlateral surface 117 of the implant's 100head 105 may rest against the bone. The incision is then sutured by any of several known methods. - While specific alternatives to steps of the specific embodiments have been described herein, additional alternatives not specifically disclosed but known in the art are intended to fall within the scope of the invention. For example, while specific dimensions, and ranges of dimensions, have been provided further dimensions may reasonably fall within the scope of the invention. Thus, it is understood that other applications of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the descriptions of the described illustrative embodiments and after consideration of the appended claims and drawings.
Claims (20)
1) An implant comprising:
a head having an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface, and a lower surface;
the anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface are approximately perpendicular and intersect each other;
the anterior surface and the posterior surface are approximately parallel to each other, wherein the upper surface has a general shape of at least a portion of a superior articular surface of a talus and at least a portion of a medial articular surfaces of a talus; and
a stem extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along a vertical axis, the stem having a plurality of circular perimeters along the vertical axis, and a maximum stem circular perimeter at the intersection of the stem and the concave lower face, the maximum stem circular perimeter less than the articular end circular perimeter,
wherein the stem has a cylindrical portion having a maximum circular perimeter extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, and a conical portion extending from the cylindrical portion away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, the conical portion having a plurality of stem circular perimeters decreasing in diameter from the maximum circular perimeter of the cylindrical portion to a lesser stem circular perimeter along the vertical axis of the stem.
2) The implant of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical portion of the stem extends at least one millimeter from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis; and wherein the stem has a plurality of circumferential grooves, wherein each circumferential groove extends continuously around at least one of the plurality of circular perimeters, wherein at least one circumferential groove is defined between two adjacent circular perimeters and has the shape of a partial torus extending radially inward of the adjacent circular perimeters, wherein the at least one circumferential groove blends into at least one of the two adjacent circular perimeters, wherein the stem blends into the concave lower face.
3) The implant of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface includes a convex first portion having a generally toroidal shape, a second portion having a general toroidal saddle shape, and a third portion having a general shape of a portion of a surface of a right circular cone, wherein the first portion is tangent on its lateral edge to the second portion and the first portion is tangent on its medial edge to the third portion; and wherein the toroid of the convex first portion has a major radius ranging from about 9 millimeters to about 31 millimeters, and a minor tubular radius ranging from about 2 millimeters to about 6 millimeters.
4) The implant of claim 3 , wherein the toroid of the second portion has a major radius in a plane of convex curvature ranging from about 20 millimeters to about 100 millimeters, alternatively about 60 millimeters, and a minor tubular radius in a plane of concave curvature ranging from about 10 millimeters to about 70 millimeters.
5) implant of claim 3 , wherein the third portion has the general shape of a portion of a surface of a right circular cone having a vertex angle ranging from about 60 degrees to about 89 degrees.
6) implant of claim 3 , wherein an apex point is present on the upper surface convex first portion, a distance normal to a plane containing the lateral surface and terminating at the apex point ranges from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, a distance normal to the lower surface and terminating at the apex point ranges from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, a distance normal from the anterior surface to the posterior surface ranges from about 6 millimeters to about 18 millimeters.
7) implant of claim 1 , wherein the stem extends away from the lower surface of the head in a direction away form the third portion of the upper surface and toward the lateral surface of the head at an angle ranging from about 0 to about 45 degrees, wherein the angle is referenced to the normal to the lower surface of the head.
8) The implant of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical portion has a diameter ranging from about 2 millimeters to about 12 millimeters, and a central length of the cylindrical portion ranges from about 0.1 millimeters to about 10 millimeters.
9) The implant of claim 1 , wherein a total included angle of the truncated conical portion ranges from about 0 degrees to about 15 degrees, and a central length of the truncated conical portion ranges from about 0.1 millimeters to about 15 millimeters.
10) The implant of claim 9 , wherein the truncated conical portion has a plurality of circumferential grooves about its perimeter, the circumferential grooves are defined by a partial torus having a tubular radius ranging from about 0.25 millimeters to about 2 millimeters, and the circumferential grooves are spaced apart at a distance ranging from about 1 millimeter to about 3 millimeters from each other along the central axis of the stem.
11) The implant of claim 1 , wherein the anterior surface blends into the upper surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface; the posterior surface blends into the upper surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface; the lower surface blends into the upper surface, the anterior surface, the posterior surface, and the lateral surface; the lateral surface blends into the upper surface, the lower surface, the anterior surface, and the posterior surface, and wherein each blend has an edge radius of from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeter.
12) The implant of claim 3 , wherein the lower surface of the head blends into the cylindrical portion of the stem with a corner fillet, the corner fillet having a radius of about 1.5 millimeters.
13) The implant of claim 10 , wherein the circumferential grooves blend into the truncated conical portion of the stem and have an edge radius ranging from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1 millimeters.
14) The implant of claim 1 , wherein the head and the stem each consist essentially of a graphite core and a pyrocarbon coating, the pyrocarbon coating having an average thickness ranging from about 100 to about 1000 microns.
15) The implant of claim 14 , wherein the pyrocarbon coating has an elastic modulus ranging from about 15 GPa to about 22 GPa.
16) implant of claim 15 , wherein the pyrocarbon coating has an elastic modulus of about 20 GPa and a strength of at least 400 MPa.
17) implant of claim 16 , wherein the upper surface and contiguous edge blends are polished, and the lower surface and stem are coated with hydroxyapatite.
18) A method of repairing articular cartilage comprising:
locating articular cartilage having a lesion;
utilizing an implant having dimensions compatible with the lesion, wherein the implant comprises;
a head having an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface, and a lower surface;
the anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lower surface are approximately perpendicular and intersect each other;
the anterior surface and the posterior surface are approximately parallel to each other, wherein the upper surface has a general shape of at least a portion of a superior articular surface of a talus and at least a portion of a medial articular surfaces of a talus; and
a stem having a cylindrical portion and a truncated conical portion, the cylindrical portion affixed to and extending in a direction away from the lower surface of the head and the truncated conical portion affixed to and extending in a direction away from a lower end of the cylindrical portion;
forming a cavity in the articular cartilage, subchondral bone, and cancellous bone; and
engaging the implant with the cavity so that the lower surface, anterior surface, posterior surface, and lateral surface abuts against the subchondral and cancellous bone and the stem abuts against the cancellous bone.
19) The method of claim 18 , wherein the upper surface of the implant includes a convex first portion having a generally toroidal shape, a second portion having a generally toroidal saddle convex-concave shape, and a third portion having the general shape of a portion of a surface of a right circular cone, wherein the first portion is tangent on its lateral edge to the second portion and the first portion is tangent on its medial edge to the third portion
20) The method of claim 18 , wherein forming the cavity includes placement of autograft, allograft bone, or various bone graft substitute material into the lesion.
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