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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Rotkreuz, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Rotkreuz, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/3662 (2013.01); A61F 2/36 (2013.01); A61F 2/367 (2013.01); A61F 2/3676 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30148 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30151 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30153 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30158 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30205 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30253 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30255 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30257 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30606 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30785 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30795 (2013.01); A61F 2002/365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/368 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3686 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4631 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blade-like stem of a hip joint prosthesis for anchoring in the femur, including a prosthesis neck portion and a femur-anchoring portion extending therefrom and having a proximal end and a distal end, the femur-anchoring portion including a proximal arcuate portion extending from a location adjacent the proximal end and having a radius of curvature that changes in a distal-to-proximal direction, and the femur-anchoring portion further including a distal tapered portion extending from the proximal arcuate portion toward the distal end.