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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:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence D Dorr, Flint Ridge, CA (US);
Marc M Vreede, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ; 623 18 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for removably attaching a sleeve to a stem of a femoral prosthesis. The stem has a tapered portion midway along the stem rather than along the complete length of the stem or near the tip of the stem. There is a corresponding tapered portion on an inside surface of the sleeve near one end of the sleeve only.