Dodd, Chris Alexander;Murray, David Wycliffe;Biomet UK Healthcare Limited;O'Connor, John Joseph
发明人:
申请号：
EP14750605.9
公开号：
EP3033040B1
申请日:
2014.07.31
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A ligament assembly (2) comprising a resilient element (20) connected to a bone anchor (4) and a ligament (18), the resilient element (20) acting m a cantilever and resisting toads transmitted between the bone anchor (4) and the ligament (18) by virtue of the resistance to bending of the resilient element. The ligament (18) may comprise an artificial ligament (18) which is adapted to replace a human or animal ligament. The resilient element (20) may comprise a spiral spring and may act as a biasing element/shock absorber operatively coupled to the artificial ligament (18) to control the effective stiffness of the artificial ligament (18). Consequently, the resilient element (20) enables an effective stiffness of the artificial ligament (18) to be achieved that more closely approximates the stiffness of a natural ligament.
