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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:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randy G Sherman, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intermedics, Orthopedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 18 ;
Abstract
A prosthetic implant for use in replacing the ball end of a biological joint includes a cup member for insertion into the natural socket, an insert received in the cup member defining a ball receiving cavity with a stepped entry, and a split locking ring received in the stepped entry. A ball shaped portion of a prosthesis introduced into the entry will displace the locking ring inwardly to a larger stepped portion of the entry where the locking ring can expand to allow passage of the ball after which the ring contracts and slides over the ball to a locking position in a smaller stepped entry portion.