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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Wael K. Barsoum, Bay Village, OH (US);
Viktor E. Krebs, Rocky River, OH (US);
Wael K. Barsoum, Bay Village, OH (US);
Viktor E. Krebs, Rocky River, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An elongate, longitudinally oriented outer sleeve includes an outer sleeve surface defining a radially oriented proximal sleeve border, a radially oriented proximal sleeve rim intersecting the outer sleeve surface at the proximal sleeve border, an outer sleeve body enclosed by the outer sleeve surface and the proximal sleeve rim, and an elongate, longitudinally oriented stem-receiving cavity formed in the outer sleeve body and intersecting the proximal sleeve rim to define a stem-receiving aperture. A joint articulating member includes an elongate, longitudinally oriented stem, an articulating surface, and an interface rim. When the stem is at least partially inserted into the stem-receiving cavity, the proximal sleeve rim and the interface rim interact to change a longitudinal relationship between the outer sleeve and the joint articulating member responsive to relative radially-oriented rotation between the stem and the stem-receiving cavity.