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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Markus Rauscher, Allenwinden, CH;
Peter Wendt, Wiesendangen, CH;
Markus Rauscher, Allenwinden, CH;
Peter Wendt, Wiesendangen, CH;
Centerpulse Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Abstract
A shoulder joint prosthesis is shown having two bearing bodies () which slide on one another and which can be respectively connected to the upper arm () by a shaft () and to the shoulder bone () by a platform (). When the connection to the shaft () is brought about by a non-rotationally symmetrical, conical body () with a self-locking seat, with its periphery () being form matched to a mating shape () in the shaft () which is rotationally fixed relative to a longitudinal axis () arid keyed by the taper so that the connection is releasable and repeatedly fixable in the same angular position, large forces can be transmitted by the connection.