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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Markus Rauscher, Allenwinden, CH;
Peter Wendt, Wiesendangen, CH;
Inventors:
Markus Rauscher, Allenwinden, CH;
Peter Wendt, Wiesendangen, CH;
Assignee:
Centerpulse Orthopedics, Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a shoulder joint prosthesis comprising two cooperating bearing bodies, a shaft and a coupling for the connection of the shaft to one of the bearing bodies, with a support member adjoining the lower side of the bearing member connectable to the shaft, an outer support surface of said support member at least partly filling a gap present between the bearing body and the shaft in the state connected to the shaft such that the growing together of bone fragments is promoted.