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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:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graham A Gie, Lympstone, GB;
Peter Lawes, Maidenhead, GB;
Lars Linder, Gavle, SE;
Robin S Ling, Dittisham, GB;
Tom J Slooff, Westerbeek, NL;
Assignee:
Howmedica International, Shannon, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 16 ; 606 92 ; 606 95 ; 623 18 ; 623 20 ; 623 23 ;
Abstract
A prosthesis having attachment portion for insertion into or attachment to a patient's bone without bone cement. Parts of the attachment portion on the prosthesis are attached to the bone are covered with a mantle of synthetic resin material and which has a roughened outer surface with bone fragments or calcium phosphate fragments embedded therein.