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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:
Jun. 03, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Shen, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Clayton R Miller, Bremen, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer USA, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3-191 ; 3-1911 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
An interconnection is provided for a human body implant having a polymeric articular surface member supported by a substantially rigid, metallic base plate. Reversely tapered apertures in the supporting base plate enclose portions of the unitary polymeric surface member, which portions protrude past the general interface of the surface member and base plate.