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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc Evan Richelsoph, Cordova, TN (US);
Kenneth William Russell, Bartlett, TN (US);
Roy Drake Bloebaum, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Richard Edward Jones, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 23 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A long bone prosthesis (10) includes a neck portion (12), a stem portion (16) and an intermediate portion (20) disposed between the neck portion (12) and stem portion (16). The intermediate portion (20) includes seals for containing cement thereabout under pressure adjacent thereto and preventing leaking of cement therefrom during implantation of the prosthesis (10).