Ceramtec Ag, Innovative Ceramic Engineering

Kartmut Kalberer

Hans-Georg Pfaff

Wilfried Von Chamier

A hip-joint socket of a hip-joint endoprosthesis is provided, in which the bearing shell of the socket that mounts the ball head of the shaft is made of a ceramic material. The bearing shell (,) of the hip-joint socket (,), in the region of its surface (,) with which it is inserted into the hip bone, is covered with a coating (,) that is made of a biocompatible metal or a biocompatible metal alloy.

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Hochdorf, Germany

Kartmut Kalberer