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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maurice E Muller, Bern, CH;
Assignees:
Sulzer Brothers Ltd., Winterthur, CH;
Protek AG, Bern, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ;
Abstract
The hip joint endoprosthesis has a plastic socket body with a hemispherical outer surface and a wire mesh metal grid partially embedded in the socket body surface. The metal grid has a plurality of rib-like projections extending outwardly along meridian lines of the socket body in order to define regions therebetween for receiving a minimum thickness of bone cement for anchoring of the endoprosthesis in a bone.