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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:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1987
Phillip C Noble, Houston, TX (US);
Hugh S Tullos, Houston, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
An improved surgical procedure for orthopedic implantation of a prosthesis where the conventional metal prosthesis is provided with an integral collar of a bone cement compatible polymer coating of a desired thickness and shape. The collar thickness serves to operably effect a seal with the bone so the prosthesis becomes a pressurizing plunger during the last phase of inserting the prosthesis into the bone opening or cavity. A slowly developing pressure build up of the viscous bone cement provided by the tapered shape of the collar thickness assures bone cement flow into all bone crevices and minimizes bone cement porosity by reducing the size of the voids formed by entrapped air during curing of the bone cement. The preformed collar also provides a predetermined thickness or layer of bone cement at the critical structural locations in order to ensure the surgeon of optimum physical characteristics of the bone cement at that location and avoid direct contact of the metal prosthesis with the bone. The collar also functions as a positioning mechanism to assit the surgeon in proper positioning of the prosthesis. The precoated prosthesis is also disclosed and claimed.