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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:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven F Harwin, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ;
Abstract
A femur head prosthesis has a curved elongate body for insertion into a femoral intramedullary canal and at least one bore extending downwardly between an entrance opening in the upper lateral region of one side of the body and an exit opening in the lower medial region of the other side, each exit opening being arranged for positioning below the calcar region of a femur; a procedure for implantation thereof; a one-piece molded plastic acetabular component for a hip prosthesis; and a femoral component permitting relative rotation between the ball and stem portions thereof.