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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Cork, IE;
Inventor:
Richard D. Komistek, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Cork, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/36 (2013.01); A61F 2/3603 (2013.01); A61F 2/3609 (2013.01); A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30079 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30367 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30378 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30383 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30662 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30688 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30695 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30919 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3208 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3233 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3422 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3496 (2013.01); A61F 2002/368 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3621 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3623 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3647 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4677 (2013.01); A61F 2210/009 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of assembling a mobile bearing acetabular component of a prosthetic hip joint is disclosed. The method includes mounting an acetabular cup insert to an acetabular cup. The method includes concurrently repositioning the acetabular cup insert deeper into an interior of the acetabular cup and repositioning the acetabular cup insert outside of an outline of the acetabular cup.