Taper Lock Hip Replacement

The ball and stem are joined at the femoral neck.

Taper lock hip replacement.

Revision surgery is physically traumatic especially for older patients. This is known as a taper lock system. Type 1 taper pps coating product. Taperloc complete hip system implants.

The lfit low friction ion treatment v40 femoral head is compatible with many different models of commercially available stryker femoral stems including the accolade tmzf and secur fit max. Standard offset part. Once secured the system is intended to provide balance and stability and improve mobility. Taper lock failures also known as trunnionosis are recognized as a growing cause of hip replacement failures there is no good solution.

In a total hip replacement there is typically a femoral component that replaces the femur thigh bone. Both the femoral heads and the femoral necks are made of metal and the complaints stryker has received concern the taper lock a device that connects. Number high offset. The taper lock is the part of the hip device that connects the femoral head to the femoral neck during total hip replacement procedures.

The femoral component is comprised of several different parts including a stem inserted into the bone and a ball head that sits on top. In contemporary total hip arthroplasty tha modular devices often are used that consist of a femoral stem and head joined by a tapered interlock morse type taper that is assembled intraoperatively. Taperloc complete hip system over the past 26 years the taperloc hip stem has become the industry standard in cementless hip arthroplasty 1 combining this unmatched clinical success with biomet s commitment to product innovation the taperloc complete hip system has been introduced with design enhancements that. Taper lock failure is cited as a major reason for hip implant failure of the stryker metal v40 device.

Used in hip replacement surgeries the stryker lfit v40 femoral heads are one component of two that are implemented during the artificial replacement the other component being femoral necks. The old implant must be removed and a new metal stem must be pounded into the femur.