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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:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1991
Genevieve A Ryland, Warsaw, IN (US);
Duane G Snyder, Warsaw, IN (US);
Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An assembly (10) for positioning a prosthetic acetabular cup assembly (110) in a patient's hip is provided. The assembly (10) includes a bearing component (114) having an inner bearing surface (134) for receiving a femoral ball and an outer surface (132) attachable to a shell component (112) The shell component (112) is attached to an acetabulum to replace a natural hip socket. The shell component (112) includes an inner surface (120) defining a cavity (126) for receiving the outer surface (132) of the bearing component (114) therein. The assembly (10) includes a handle (12) attached to a split head (30). The split head (30) is divided into first and second gripping elements (36, 38) that jointly form a gripping surface to engage the inner bearing surface (134) of the bearing component (114). The assembly (10) holds the bearing component (114) at a selected orientation with relation to the shell component (112), and is used to drive the bearing component/shell component (114/112) into the acetabulum.