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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:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin S Ling, Dartmouth, GB;
Graham A Gie, Yeoford, GB;
Andrew J Timperley, St. Leonard's, GB;
Donald W Howie, Tennyson, AU;
Namal S Nawana, Twickenham, GB;
John A Storer, Juaye Mondaye, FR;
Assignee:
Stryker Technologies Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 94 ; 606 86 ;
Abstract
A device for use with an acetabular socket prosthesis which has an outer rim of predetermined size. The device comprises an outwardly extending removable location and/or sealing element adapted to surround the outer rim of said cup with which it is to be used during implantation thereof.