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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lorenzo Spotorno, Finale Ligure, IT;
Werner Güttinger, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
In the figures, proximal centering apparatuses ( ) for collar-less femur shaft prosthesis ( ) which can be cemented in and which can be pushed from the medial onto the shaft ( ) in the cemented region are shown. The centering apparatus ( ) has at least in the medial region a centering wedge ( ) which widens towards the proximal and which is connected via webs ( ) to a clamping apparatus ( ), with the clamping apparatus ( ) being arranged in the cement-less region of the prosthesis neck ( ) and being removable when the webs ( ) are interrupted.