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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
K. Scott Ely, Austin, TX (US);
Ashok C. Khandkar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ramaswamy Lakshminarayanan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Aaron A. Hofmann, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
K. Scott Ely, Austin, TX (US);
Ashok C. Khandkar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ramaswamy Lakshminarayanan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Aaron A. Hofmann, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An improved hip prosthesis includes an acetabular cup bearing component constructed from a relatively hard and high strength ceramic material for articulation with a ball-shaped femoral head component which may be constructed from a compatible ceramic or metal material. In one form, the acetabular cup further includes a ceramic porous bone ingrowth surface adhered thereto for secure ingrowth attachment to natural patient bone.