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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:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
May. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Perry A Geremakis, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 23 ;
Abstract
A joint prosthesis is provided wherein an outer shell includes a liner to define an articulating interface with a head of a hip stem. A lock ring cooperates with the outer shell and the liner to oppose withdrawal of the head from the liner, and the lock ring is carried by the outer shell to permit insertion of the head during assembly.