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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Michael T. Kennedy, San Clemente, CA (US);
Michael T. Kennedy, San Clemente, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The method of accurately and correctly fitting and axially positioning at implantable ball to the neck trunnion of a hip replacement device, as during surgery, the ball adapted to be received in a socket, the ball having a bore, the method including the steps providing the neck trunnion with deformable metallic surface ribs, providing a deformable adapter and fitting the adapter over the ribs, providing a trial ball having a non-metallic bore, and including axially forcibly fitting that bore over the deformable adapter to deform the adapter without deforming the ribs, as the trial ball adjustingly arrives at selected axial position on the neck trunnion corresponding to correct position of the trial ball in the socket, and correspondingly subsequent correct axial positioning of the implantable ball on the neck trunnion.
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