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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Grell, Aalen, DE;
Achim Engelhardt, Frankfurt, DE;
Assignee:
Sybron Corporation, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3-191 ; 3-1912 ; 3-1913 ; 128 / ; 128 / ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A body joint endoprosthesis includes an anchoring member having a shaft anchored in a first bone and a pivot member connected to the anchoring member by a pivot joint. The pivot member includes a first body joint member and a support element that bears against a seating surface of the first bone. The first body joint member and a second body joint member, connected to the second bone, form the body implant joint.