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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:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Griss, Marburg, DE;
Rudolf Koch, Berlingen, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ;
Abstract
The hemispherical acetabulum has a pin which projects from the cup of the acetabulum on an angle of 45.degree. relative to the polar axis. A sleeve which closes over the pin is rotatably mounted on the pin to facilitate twisting of the cup into a correct position when implanted in a pelvis. The sleeve is made of metal to preclude direct contact between the pin which may be made of plastic and the pelvis bone tissue.