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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2006
Hiroshi Mikami, Tokushima, JP;
Sumihiko Maeno, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Mikami, Tokushima, JP;
Sumihiko Maeno, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Japan Medical Materials Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A femoral stem including a stem member having a distal part of the stem member which is inserted in a medullary cavity of a femur and fixed therein and a proximal part of the stem member which has a neck for fixing an artificial head and is positioned at a proximal end of the distal part. The distal part and the proximal part are integrated or separable. Also, a plate fixing portion is detachably attached at a top of the proximal part, and a greater trochanter plate is provided for depressing the greater trochanter. The greater trochanter is fixed to the plate fixing portion at a certain angle or is fixed to the plate fixing portion so as to adjust an angle of the trochanter plate.