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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Austen Davenport, Columbia City, IN (US);
W. Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Margaret Kelly, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Austen Davenport, Columbia City, IN (US);
W. Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Margaret Kelly, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An acetabular shell can include a substrate and a screw hole cover. The substrate can define a screw hole configured to receive a screw to fix the substrate to bone. The screw hole cover is formed separate from the substrate and attached to the substrate to cover the screw hole, and configured to be ruptured.