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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
John Andrew Storer, Bayeux, FR;
Richard Eddy Field, Walton-on-the-Hill, GB;
Neil Rushton, Cambridge, GB;
Benoist Girard SAS, , FR;
Abstract
A prosthetic femoral component is located in a prepared socket in a femur which has been resected at a position on the proximal side of its neck. The component includes an insert portion and an enlarged proximal head portion the distal end of the head portion being adapted for location in the prepared socket. The component takes advantage of the bone at the periphery of the socket which enables the insert and the part of the head concerned to be accurately and firmly located in the bone. The presence of the bone at the outer edges of the socket helps to stabilize the component. The insert portion can be dimensioned to pass through the neck of the femur with which it is to be used or to be shorter depending upon the requirements.