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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:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Jones, Ardlahan Kildimo, IE;
Nigel G Smith, Wokingham, GB;
Assignee:
Howmedica International Inc., Shannon, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 18 ; 623 20 ;
Abstract
A prosthetic bearing element comprises a backing which supports a bearing liner having a bearing surface. The backing is made from a 'hard' polymeric material having a minimum hardness value of 55 N/mm.sup.2 and the bearing liner is made from a 'soft' elastomeric polyurethane material having a hardness value of 3.0 to 9.0 N/mm.sup.2.