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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Jerome J. Klawitter, Austin, TX (US);
Monti R. Gourley, Austin, TX (US);
Jerome J. Klawitter, Austin, TX (US);
Monti R. Gourley, Austin, TX (US);
Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic implant comprising a head having a spherical pyrocarbon shell () that is attached to a metal substructure () via an intermediate element (). A subassembly of the intermediate element and the pyrocarbon shell may be connected to the metal substructure via a metal split ring () that resides partially in each of two facing grooves () or via interengaging elements () that are provided in two juxtaposed cylindrical surfaces. The design is such that compressive forces applied to the implant at its spherical articulating surface are transferred via compression through the pyrocarbon shell to the metal substructure.