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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:
Apr. 28, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maurice E Muller, Bern, CH;
Assignees:
Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur, CH;
Protek Ag, Berne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ;
Abstract
A ruff or collar is positioned on the hip joint prosthesis shank prior to insertion of a prosthesis into a bone. The ruff can be slipped onto the straight shank in the direction of the longitudinal axis from the distal. The ruff is fixed to the transition region between the shank and the prosthesis neck by means of conical clamping surfaces. A set of ruffs may be provided each of which has a different thickness and/or different angle between the underside bearing surface and the top surface to accommodate inaccuracies in a resection cut.