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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:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinrich Beck, Erlangen, DE;
Karl M Richter, Wendtorf, DE;
Assignee:
Howmedica International, Inc., Kiel, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ;
Abstract
A hip joint prosthesis comprises a femoral component having an elongated shank formed of a metal alloy and a joint head adapted to cooperate with the natural acetabulum or a prosthetic acetabulum likewise formed of a metal alloy. The shank has approximately the same width in the lateral-medial plane and a slightly downwards tapered width in the anterior-posterior plane.