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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Applicant:
W. Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Inventor:
W. Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A prosthetic joint assembly that includes a shell including an inner surface. The assembly also includes a bearing member including an outer surface. The bearing member is received by the shell such that the outer surface of the bearing member is adjacent the inner surface of the shell. Furthermore, the joint assembly includes a compressible member that is rigidly fixed to the inner surface of the shell or the outer surface of the bearing member to only cover a portion thereof. The compressible member is made of a material that is different from the shell or the bearing member.