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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roland Schoch, Baar, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
Abstract
A glenoid prosthesis including a bearing shell, the reverse side of which has a plurality of anchoring pins which are arranged to one another. At least one anchoring pin has a coupling element, and at least one sleeve with a fitting securable coupling element and an outer anchoring structure is provided in order to selectively enable a cementing in of the anchoring pin or a mechanical hammering in of the pin together with the sleeve which is fixed to it.