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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Charles Wayne Allen, Southaven, MS (US);
Jason A. Capriotti, Senatobia, MS (US);
Michael A. Croxton, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Roger William Frank Ashton, Warwick, GB;
Justin M Waugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey J Shea, Memphis, TN (US);
Sureshkumar Srinivasan, Coimbatore, IN;
William L Waltersdorff, Hernando, MS (US);
Terry W Mclean, Eads, TN (US);
Charles Wayne Allen, Southaven, MS (US);
Jason A. Capriotti, Senatobia, MS (US);
Michael A. Croxton, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Roger William Frank Ashton, Warwick, GB;
Justin M Waugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey J Shea, Memphis, TN (US);
Sureshkumar Srinivasan, Coimbatore, IN;
William L Waltersdorff, Hernando, MS (US);
Terry W Mclean, Eads, 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.