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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Ines Baum, Bollschweil, DE;
Markus Rauscher, Steckborn, CH;
Peter Wendt, Dahlikon, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Zimmer, GmbH, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a base platform () for an artificial joint, in particular for an artificial shoulder joint, wherein the platform can be anchored on the bone and serves as a support for an artificial joint component () that can be provided both in the form of a shell component () for an anatomical configuration and also in the form of a ball component () for an inverse configuration, and wherein different joint components can be mounted on the platform.