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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred S. Despres, III, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Daniel E. E. Hayes, Jr., Placerville, CA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 ;
Abstract
A prosthetic femoral stem component comprising a body element, a neck element and a stem element, with the body element, neck element and stem element being secured to one another with a modular connection, wherein the modular connection comprises a taper junction and an engaged-fit junction.