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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:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anton Zeibig, Ottensoos, DE;
Assignee:
Rosenthal Technik AG, Bavaria, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3-1913 ; 29447 ; 85 46 ; 128 / ; 151 22 ; 403343 ;
Abstract
In a bone joint endoprosthesis, the spigot of the metal shank is externally threaded to mate with a thread inside the ceramic head of the prosthesis; the thread on the spigot has greater depth in the radial direction, with flat sides, and the depth of the thread in the head is more shallow.