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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis R. Carter, Stanford, CA (US);
Jay A. Mandell, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gary S. Beaupré, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David J. Schurman, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
Novel prostheses, particularly femoral prostheses, are provided. The subject devices are characterized by the presence of a curvilinear collar. Also provided are methods of implanting a prosthesis in a manner sufficient to provide for a pressure profile at the collar interface in which the pressure increases from the endosteal to the periosteal surface of the bone.