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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicants:
David Karrer, Uster, CH;
Walter Gross, Ossingen, CH;
Inventors:
David Karrer, Uster, CH;
Walter Gross, Ossingen, CH;
Assignee:
Zimmer, GmbH, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an endoprosthesis for part of the pelvis having at least one base element which can be secured to a resected iliac bone and at least one hip shell attachable at a spacing thereto, with the base element having a first neck which in particular projects at an angle α from the orthogonal to a planar connection surface and the hip shell having a second neck which in particular projects at an angle β from its polar axis, with at least one separate intermediate element being provided which can be installed between the first neck and the second neck.