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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:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred J Zarnowski, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Robert C Cohen, Rockaway Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Osteonics Corp., Allendale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 18 ;
Abstract
A cement spacer system for interoperatively converting an acetabular cup component of the type constructed for cementless affixation to a construction suitable for cemented affixation includes a plurality of cement spacers associated with a spacer inserter for selectively inserting the cement spacers into the wall of the acetabular cup component, during the implant procedure, to provide the acetabular cup component with cement spacers suitable for cemented affixation of the acetabular cup component.