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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Patrick Cruchet, Le Mans, FR;
Uwe Bunz, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Bernard Masson, Pechabou, FR;
Paul Silberer, Waghausel, DE;
Martin Dietrich, Potenitz, DE;
Inventors:
Patrick Cruchet, Le Mans, FR;
Uwe Bunz, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Bernard Masson, Pechabou, FR;
Paul Silberer, Waghausel, DE;
Martin Dietrich, Potenitz, DE;
Assignees:
CeramTec AG, Plochingen, DE;
Ceramconcept Worldwide L.L.C., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hip prosthesis has a shaft which is implantable in the femur, a ball head anchored on the shaft, a socket in which the ball head is movably supported, and a bipolar shell placed between the ball head and the socket, whereby the ball head rotates in the bipolar shell and the bipolar shell rotates in the socket.