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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Charles Wayne Allen, Southaven, MS (US);
Jason A. Capriotti, Senatobia, MS (US);
Michael A. Croxton, Germantown, TN (US);
Roger William Frank Ashton, Warwick, GB;
Justin M. Waugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey J. Shea, Memphis, TN (US);
Sureshkumar Srinivasan, Collierville, TN (US);
William L. Waltersdorff, Hernando, MS (US);
Terry W. Mclean, Cordova, TN (US);
Charles Wayne Allen, Southaven, MS (US);
Jason A. Capriotti, Senatobia, MS (US);
Michael A. Croxton, Germantown, TN (US);
Roger William Frank Ashton, Warwick, GB;
Justin M. Waugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey J. Shea, Memphis, TN (US);
Sureshkumar Srinivasan, Collierville, TN (US);
William L. Waltersdorff, Hernando, MS (US);
Terry W. McLean, Cordova, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A modular acetabular cup assembly () for use with multiple bearing liners () is disclosed. The acetabular cup assembly includes a shell () having a tapered inner wall () and two circumferential grooves (). The shell () may be used with polyethylene, ceramic, metal, and other types of liners.