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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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Andrew Storer, Bayeux, FR;
Assignee:
Benoist Girard SAS, , FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ;
Abstract
A prosthetic implant cement deflector for use in prosthetic surgery used when employing a cannulated phantom prosthesis and/or prosthesis having a bore for utilizing a guide wire and provided with an insert portion. The cement deflector element is adapted to slide on a guide wire and has an external profile large enough to seal the interface distal tip between the guide wire and the surface of the distal end of the bore.