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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gilles Walch, Lyons, FR;
Pascal Boileau, Nice, FR;
Assignee:
Tornier SA, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 ;
Abstract
A prosthesis of the upper extremity of the humerus of the type that comprises a stem anchored in the humeral canal and provided on its upper or metaphyseal part with a bearing surface against which rests a hemispherical cap suitable to interact with a shoulder socket, wherein the stem is selected from a set of stems each provided with a bearing surface having a tilt angle that differs with respect to a longitudinal axis of each stem. A set of humeral stems comprises several stems each of which is provided with a bearing surface having a tilt angle that differs with respect to the longitudinal axis of each stem.