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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. 30, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Hummer, Nancy, FR;
Michel Dive, Marseilles, FR;
Michel Laurencedilla.on, Lyons, FR;
Jacques Clauze, Baigts de Bearn, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 20 ;
Abstract
A trochlea implant for a femoro-patellar prosthesis, the implant being L-shaped, comprising a trochlea branch and an inter-condyle branch, the posterior face of the implant including a rectangular longitudinal rib designed to be engaged in a groove of corresponding shape machined in the anterior face of the trochlea to improve the stability of the prosthesis.