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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:
Feb. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Amir Zahedi, Munster, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 22 ; 623 18 ;
Abstract
In a bone implant with a pan that is designed so that it is mainly in the form of a segment of a sphere for receiving the head of a femoral bone prosthesis, and with pin-type fastening means for anchoring the pan in the hip bone of the patient. The pan further includes recesses to receive the fastening means. In order to create a modular pan replacement, the recesses are designed for an axially parallel arrangement of the fastening means, and the recesses can be provided with stops to prevent movement of the fastening means towards the interior of the pan. The fastening means are threadless in the area which is inserted into the hip bone of the patient.