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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Lindner, Wurmlingen, DE;
Jens Schneider, Radolfzell, DE;
Assignee:
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/8625 (2013.01); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3406 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant system includes an acetabular implant and a bone screw having an articulated screw head which allows an unchanged contact position of the screw head on the acetabular implant when the bone screw is aligned relative to the acetabular implant. For this purpose, a slotted hole is made in the acetabular implant in which slotted hole the bone screw can be pivoted in longitudinal direction of the slotted hole.