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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilfried Von Chamier, Stuttgart, DE;
Kartmut Kalberer, Hochdorf, DE;
Hans-Georg Pfaff, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
Ceramtec AG Innovative Ceramic Engineering, Plochingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ;
Abstract
A hip-joint socket of a hip-joint endoprosthesis is provided, in which the bearing shell of the socket that mounts the ball head of the shaft is made of a ceramic material. The bearing shell (,) of the hip-joint socket (,), in the region of its surface (,) with which it is inserted into the hip bone, is covered with a coating (,) that is made of a biocompatible metal or a biocompatible metal alloy.