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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. 02, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael A Freeman, London, GB;
Assignee:
Finsbury (Instruments) Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ;
Abstract
A hip implant has a stem portion with a substantially linear axis and a circular cross-section at least in the region of the bottom end thereof. A wedge-shaped portion extends medially from the stem at or near the top end of the stem. The wedge-shaped portion is surmounted by a ball.