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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:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frantz Langlais, Rennes, FR;
Assignee:
OMCI SA, Quimper, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A hip prosthesis with interchangeable epiphysis. The prosthesis is formed from a neck and a head which form a one piece assembly, the neck having a reduced diameter at the level of the head and a greater diameter at its base. The assembly includes a housing for receiving a Morse cone which is integral with the upper pole of the femoral shank. Different sizes of the assembly may be used with different length shanks.