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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:
Aug. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy Y Hori, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mark A Lazzeri, Warsaw, IN (US);
Clayton R Miller, Bremen, IN (US);
Dale A DeGroff, Goshen, IN (US);
Ted L Dock, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ;
Abstract
A femoral component for a hip prosthesis includes a proximal end shaped in an anatomic manner to form asymmetrical sides. In particular, a lateral side forms an acute angle with an anterior side and a medial side forms an arcuate surface.