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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:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
W E Mikhail, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 18 ; 623 19 ; 623 23 ; 606 66 ;
Abstract
A hip joint prosthesis includes a stem and integral neck having a tapered wall sized to receive a ball having a cavity for snugly receiving the tapered wall. The neck and the ball have matching configurations with probes and extensions of varying cross-sectional configuration designed to prevent rotation of the ball on the neck.