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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. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Slobodan Tepic, Davos, CH;
Assignee:
AO-Forschungsinstitut Davos, Davos-Platz, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ; 606 62 ; 606 69 ;
Abstract
The femoral component for a hip joint prosthesis has an intramedullary stem having a free distal region, a proximal region extending to a neck for receiving a ball head, a medial side and a lateral side. The stem has screw holes extending from said lateral side to said medial side for receiving bone screws in the lateral to medial direction for fixation of said stem to the medial cortex. The stem is coupled primarily to the medial cortex of the femur and only secondarily to the cancellous portion of the proximal femur to aid the rotational (torsional) stability of the implant.