List of orthopedic implants



An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone, or to support a damaged bone. The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. The biodegradable metals in this category are magnesium-based and iron-based alloys, though recently zinc has also been investigated. Currently, the uses of bioresorbable metals are as fracture fixation implants   Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants to repair a bone. During the surgery of broken bones through internal fixation the bone fragments are first reduced into their normal alignment then they are held together with the help of internal fixators such as plates, screws, nails, pins, and wires.

Eponymous implants and their uses

 * Austin-Moore prosthesis for fracture of the neck of the femur
 * Baksi's prosthesis for elbow replacement
 * Charnley prosthesis for total hip replacement
 * Condylar blade plate for condylar fractures of the femur
 * Ender's nail for fixing intertrochanteric fracture
 * Grosse-Kempf nail for tibial or femoral shaft fracture
 * Hansson pin (or LIH for Lars Ingvar Hansson), a hook-pin used for fractures of the femoral neck
 * Harrington rod for fixation of the spine
 * Hartshill rectangle for fixation of the spine
 * Insall Burstein prosthesis : for total knee replacement
 * Richard N.W. Wohns interspinous implant and implantation instrument intended to be implanted between two adjacent dorsal spines
 * Kirschner wire for fixation of small bones
 * Kuntscher nail for fracture of the shaft of the femur
 * Luque rod: for fixation of the spine
 * Moore's pin for fracture of the neck of the femur
 * Neer's prosthesis for shoulder replacement
 * Rush nail for diaphyseal fractures of a long bone
 * Smith-Petersen nail for fracture of the neck of femur
 * Smith-Petersen nail with McLaughlin's plate for intertrochanteric fracture
 * Seidel nail for fracture of the shaft of the humerus
 * Souter's prosthesis for elbow replacement
 * Steffee plate for fixation of the spine
 * Steinmann pin for skeletal traction
 * Swanson prosthesis for the replacement of joints of the fingers
 * Talwalkar nail for fracture of radius and ulna
 * Thompson prosthesis for fracture of the neck of the femur

Research progress
A surface engineering method was developed for biodegradable magnesium alloys to enhance orthopedic implants.