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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:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a prosthetic implant 1 which includes a stem 2 having two lateral fins 20. The lateral fins 20 extend outwardly from the lateral side 6 of the stem 2, such that the lateral face 21 of each fin 20 is flush with the lateral side 6 of stem 2.