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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. 25, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erwin W Morscher, Basel, CH;
Otto Frey, Winterthur, CH;
Assignees:
Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur, CH;
Protek AG, Berne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 18 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A multi-layered porous wire mesh defining a trough shape is used in association with an artificial acetabulum to strengthen the edge of a hip bone near the main load direction. The porous wire mesh is of trough shape and is filled with compacted fragments of spongy tissue for intimate uniting with the edge of the hip bone.