Benoist Girard Sas

Stryker Ireland Limited

Franck Le Bon

Philippe Lavieille

Andrew John Timperley

Graham Allan Gie

Robin Sydney Mackwood Ling

Jean-Pierre Brée

Alain Richard

Pascal Collet

Phippe Lavieille

An acetabular cup has a shell having a recess therein, the recess is open to an outer surface of the shell. The recess has an enlarged portion spaced from the shell outer surface with a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening at the surface. An insert is provided for insertion into the recess in the shell outer surface. The insert has a height greater than a depth of the recess and has a solid portion and a bifurcated portion having at least two side openings forming two to four sectors. A base of the sectors formed by bifurcated portion has an outwardly extending flange for insertion into the enlarged portion of the recess.

Cement spacer for acetabular cup

An acetabular rim cutter has an annular cutting face provided on a rotatable carrier. A coupler is provided for attaching the carrier to a rotational power source. A guide element is axially aligned with the cutting face to locate and align the cutting face on the acetabulum with which it is to be used. Preferably, the guide element is axially movable in relation to the cutting face and a resilient element is provided for biasing it axially away therefrom.

Acetabular rim cutter

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Evrecy, France

Franck Le Bon