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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Naybour, Mold, GB;
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
A prosthetic component which can be in the form of a hip stem (,) is provided with a proximal portion (,) and a distal portion (,) terminating at a distal end (,). The distal portion (,) has at least two slots (,) disposed longitudinally in the distal portion (,). The distal portion (,) of the hip stem (,) has a hollow centre (,). The hip stem (,) can be compressed to expand the diameter of the distal portion (,) by buckling the legs (,) between the slots (,) in the form of a stent or Chinese lantern.