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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin Sydney Mackwood Ling, Dartmouth, GB;
Graham Allan Gie, Yeoford, GB;
Andrew John Timperley, Exeter, GB;
Denis Pichon, Bieville-Beuville, FR;
John Andrew Storer, Bayeux, FR;
Assignee:
Benoist Girard SAS, , FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
A device for plugging the medullary canal of a bone to prevent the passage of locating cement and for centralising or guiding the stem of a prosthesis comprising a main body portion adapted to engage the wall of the canal to act as a plug and having a centralising or guide opening to receive the stem of the prosthesis.