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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:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Edward J. Cheal, Duxbury, MA (US);
George B. Cipolletti, Duxbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Cheal, Duxbury, MA (US);
George B. Cipolletti, Duxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
OMNI life science, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A joint prosthesis may include a modular head member, a modular body member, and a stem member. The stem member may be so tapered as to be engageable by taper press-fit into the medullary cavity of a bone. The body member may be engageable in the stem member by friction-tight press-fit at a zone of diametrical interference.