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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Martin Imhof-röthlin, Meggen, CH;
René Brack, Auenstein, CH;
Inventors:
Martin Imhof-Röthlin, Meggen, CH;
René Brack, Auenstein, CH;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4685 (2013.01); A61F 2/4612 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30069 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01);
Abstract
Setting instrument () for a hip socket or shoulder socket inlay, having a handle part () and a suction element () that can be brought into sealing contact with the joint surface. The suction element () comprises a flexible molded part () matched to the joint surface, which molded part is deformable by a pulling element () in such a way that, when applied to the joint surface, an (increased) partial vacuum is formed between the joint surface and the flexible molded part ().