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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Dickerson, Warsaw, IN (US);
J. Craig Fryman, New Paris, IN (US);
Donald L. Yakimicki, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
ZIMMER, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4014 (2013.01); A61F 2/3609 (2013.01); A61F 2/30744 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30581 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30588 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3619 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00395 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00592 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ball joint prosthesis can include a shell, having an outer articular surface of a first material and an open distal end, configured to receive a sealing receptacle. A volume of a second material, within the shell, can be more compressible than the first material. The ball joint prosthesis can have an effective compressibility that is intermediate between a compressibility of the first material and a compressibility of the second material.